Author: Martina Flor
Started: August 27, 2018
Finished: September 1, 2018
Pages: 168
Genre: Handwriting
First Sentence: We are surrounded by letter shapes: we see them on the bus, on the packaging of the sugar we put in our coffee, on the storefront of our local bakery, on our computer keyboard, on our toothbrush.
Summary: [From BN] The Golden Secrets of Lettering is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to hand lettering. With easy-to-understand instructions and guidelines, plenty of inspirational examples, and hundreds of hand sketches and illustrations, Martina Flor shows readers how to transform their initial lettering concepts and handdrawn sketches into a well-shaped, exquisite piece of digital lettering that can be sold and published. Readers learn how to train their "typographic eye" by studying lettering samples and the anatomy of letters; explore concepts of hierarchy, composition, and flourishes; and discover the many different ways of creating letter shapes. In addition, Flor explains the process of creating a lettering project step by step— from start to finish, from analog to digital—and gives valuable tips about how to make a career as a lettering artist.
Thoughts: This book includes many of the same lessons in the previous lettering books I've read with one noticeable difference - it focuses on a single image as an example. Throughout the book, the cover image is used as the example. You get to see if come to life from thumbnail sketches to final design. It's a great way to show each step and all the work that goes in to creating a hand-lettered piece.
Rating: 7/10 [Very Good]
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