Overview

The Type/Lettering Project is developing a typographic treatment rendered by hand using brush and ink.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learn to recognize and appreciate the parts of the letterform by deliberately drawing and refining it by hand.
  • Build an upgraded aesthetic for the typographic form and one’s personal expectations.
  • Learn to gauge visual balance, measure, and draw the letterform.

Instructions

  1. Print the Typebook . It’s nine 8.5 x 11 pages. Print one side only.
  2. Using only a pencil or chisel-point marker, make 100 ligatures, tracing them from the type book
  3. From the 100, choose three and bring them into the computer, refining as per the reference sheet.
  4. Cut three 7×7-inch boards from a Bristol Pad (9 x 12) transfer the images of the finished ligatures to them, and paint carefully with ink.

Materials Needed:

  1. Bristol Pad (9 x 12)
  2. Tracing Paper
  3. Black Ink

Due Date(s)

  • Week 4 Sessions 1-2, draw the 100 ligatures
  • Week 5 Session1, bring into the computer and refine
    • Session 2: informal critique, cut boards
  • Week 6: Session 1: Final refinement
    • Session 2: Transfer and paint
  • Week 7: Session 1-2 Critique

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