Public Domain: Studio handbook lettering over 250 pages, lettering, design and layouts, new alphabets

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lettering example for my Letter Whimsy 2.0 E-Workshop

lettering done with my pentel color brush

from: M. Tolnai, "Letters voor Moderne Reclame-Kunst". 3e verbeterde druk. Amaco, Amsterdam, c. 1941

Featured in this week’s San Francisco Matchbook/Neon Tour. You can watch the recording for a limited time.

Lettering on transformer building, dating from the 1920s, Haarlem

Pyschedelitypes (Alphabet Directions No. 8), Photo-Lettering, Inc., 1968. Art by Ed Benguiat.

*Sake Tattoo Crew*

Lettering realizzato per il festival SUPERFICIE (Rocca Malatestiana, Cesena) utilizzando una versione in legno del FREGIO MECANO, carattere componibile realizzato dalla Società NEBIOLO - Torino. Specimen dal campionario NEBIOLO e prove di composizione del lettering. Le lettere sono state composte in modo non ortodosso rispetto il manuale originale.

The Reunion 2015 - Autodromo di Monza - Arik at work

Public Domain: Studio handbook lettering over 250 pages, lettering, design and layouts, new alphabets

archive.org/details/studio00welo

I'm trying to learn hand lettering and this was a first attempt at a built-up layout.

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Public Domain: Studio handbook lettering over 250 pages, lettering, design and layouts, new alphabets

archive.org/details/studio00welo

Public Domain: Studio handbook lettering over 250 pages, lettering, design and layouts, new alphabets

archive.org/details/studio00welo

without looking it up

Public Domain: Studio handbook lettering over 250 pages, lettering, design and layouts, new alphabets

archive.org/details/studio00welo

from the book: "Architectural Lettering" by Arthur E. Burke. 1953.

Try to paint using overlapping strokes. Note how one edge of the shadow is done first. A little dry time before adding the overlapping strokes helps keep the color from blening too much, enhancing the aged look.

For a new outdoors print.

Some recent journaling - blogged HERE

somebody is writing very nice there

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Typefaces shown:

Bonaparte

Bonaparte Biform

Brodovich Albro

Bonaparte 5

Bonaparte

Exotique

Allen Lancet

Fugate Crougers Biform

Broadway Graphic Ultra Swash

Bonagura Fantasia

Sisty Rubato

Slaughter Shark

Consul Condensed 4

Consul Condensed 6

Consul Condensed 4

Consul Condensed 6

Haft Grotesque Narrow 4

Justin at Kats Like Us Tattoos

"Take my hand as we drift towards happiness."

Tunes for Bears to Dance to lyric that I always loved. This is kinda just an experiment with halftones.

(#crossprocessing in Amsterdam)

Rollei CR200

Every year I make the flyer/poster of the Bazar Bizar festival in Rotterdam. Check out my first result of the lettering I’m going to use! for more work and updates check:

www.26characters.com