Dr opca p Wo rkb o o k From Digital to Analog By: Caroline Staniski
@sweet_caroline_design
www.caroline-staniski.com
The Designer
& Ampersand Enthusiast
Caroline Staniski is a professional Graphic Designer born in the sunny state of Florida. She hopes to inspire others with her designs and lettering! Also, she loves German cuisine, chocolate and vector type! She knows you’ll love this workbook and that’s why it’s here for you! Thank-You for the support!
Caroline Staniski
A Word About Letters Letterform Structures
Median
Serif
Bowl
Ear
Angle of Stress
Loop
Stem
Arm
Baseline
Tail
Typography
Lettering
Typography is the repeated
Lettering is the art of drawing
system of letters. It’s style and
letters where each letter acts
appearance of a printed
as its own mini illustration.
material or the art of arranging type. it is the arrangement of a
Rather than simply writing
“system” of letters.
letters in a print or cursive style with a continuous stroke, the thing that sets the “lettering” apart is the individual attention paid to each letter and its’ role within a composition.
Unique Characters Letters come in all shapes and sizes, they have their own special personalities similar to how people do.
Terminal
Kerning
Ascender
Cap Height
Descender
Hand-Lettering
Calligraphy
Hand Lettering is a more specific
Calligraphy is the art of
subset of lettering that refers to
writing letters and is related
the art of drawing letters
to the idea of penmanship. It
specifically by hand and not
traditionally uses specific
creating them in a digital program
tools like a nib and ink and it
such as: Adobe Illustrator.
is marked by the variation in width for upstrokes and the downstrokes of each letter.
Tools of the Trade Sketch Pencil
Personal Picks:
Sketch pencils with a lead of HB and soft lead are great for light sketching as well as easy letter form erasing.
Websites for Purchasing Supplies Amazon http://www.amazon.com
Jet Pens http://www.jetpens.com
Notebook Notebooks with at least 20-30 lb. pages are great for sketching with thin pencils to thick calligraphy and outlining pens. You want something that is durable for multiple mediums.
Michaels Arts & Crafts http://www.michaels.com
Joanne’s Fabric & Craft Store http://www.joanne.com
Dick Blick Art Supplies http://www.dickblick.com
Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff
Gummy Eraser Gummy erasers are usually white and the eraser does not flake as much as regular pencil erasers. They are great for touching up on fine details.
http://www.cheapjoes.com
Drafting Pencil
Jenni Bick Bookbinding
Mechanical or drafting pencils provide a faint line and allow for precise line weights.
http://www.jennibick.com
Brush Pen Great for calligraphy, lettering, outlining and filling in type shapes.
6 in Ruler Provides better angles for drawing letter forms as well as for positioning them.
Palomino Blackwing 12 pk.- $22
Using What You Have Lettering tools come in all shapes and sizes so no matter the budget you might have, investing in a solid pencil and notebook will get you pretty far.
Field Notes 1 pk - $8
Pentel High Polymer Eraser- $2
Staedtler Drafting Pencil- $6
Kuretake Zig Pen- $3
Wescott Ruler- $1
http://jessicahische.is/working
Ornaments:
Fleurishes
Bursts
Divider
Borders
Corners
Inspiration: Design Inspiration is everywhere. If you ever plan to start a lettering project, make sure you check out these beautiful lettering artists and their body of work.
Great Sites for Inspiration:
• Dribbble • Pinterest • Designspiration
Jessica Hische - Daily Drop Caps http://jessicahische.is/working
Mary Kate McDevitt
Martina Flor
http://marykatemcdevitt.com
http://martinaflor.com
Letter Body Styles Trace over the letterforms for practice!
Skeleton - Sketch with single lines Monoweight - traced but not filled High Contrast - filled in to add weight
Sans Serif - without serifs
Basic Skeleton
Serif
Monoweight
- “Pointy Ended Letters�
Slab Serif - with square ended serifs
Western - circa 1955
Monoweight Filled
High Contrast
Script
- a cursive with fleurishes
Brush
- using a brush pen to get the curves
Blackletter
- originally came from European heritage
Decorative - uses ornaments for accents
Build a Sans Serif Dropcap Use these templates to see how the dropcap letter forms are built from skeleton to high contrast sketch. Then trace over the images in the center. Finally, recreate the original image from the left freehanded.
Basic Skeleton - use ruler for squares.
Begin drawing inner lines.
Erase and outline.
HIgh Contrast - Fill shapes.
Build a Serif Dropcap Use these templates to see how the dropcap letter forms are built from skeleton to high contrast sketch. Then trace over the images in the center. Finally, recreate the original image from the left freehanded.
Basic Skeleton - use ruler for squares.
Outline Edges
Fill Shape - draw inner lines.
Contrast -Fill with ornaments
Build a Ornamental Dropcap Use these templates to see how the dropcap letter forms are built from skeleton to high contrast sketch. Then trace over the images in the center. Finally, recreate the original image from the left freehanded.
Basic Skeleton-outline
Add a second rounded edge.
Fill Shape - draw inner lines.
HIgh Contrast-draw ornaments.
Practice Makes Permanent Trace over the letterforms for practice!
Pangram A sentence that uses all 26 letters of the alphabet. Primarily used when type designers want to create letterforms.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Title Case
Typeface: Proxima Nova Alt. Bold | 57 pt.
Websites to Download Typefaces:
• Creative Market - www.creativemarket.com • Fontspace - www.fontspace.com • FontFreak - www.fontfreak.com
• Behance -www.behance.net • 1001 Fonts - www.1001fonts.com • Font Squirrel - www.fontsquirrel.com
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG. Uppercase
Typeface: Birch Std. Regular | 77 pt.
Numerals & Ligatures Typeface: Mrs Eaves Bold | 60 pt.
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My personal favorite! The 27th letter of the alphabet. Stands for and â&#x20AC;&#x153;per seâ&#x20AC;? meaning by itself.
Keep the Letters Coming! â&#x20AC;˘ Post your own finished letters to Instagram and use the hashtag: #fortheloveofletters â&#x20AC;˘ Tag me in your post! @sweet_caroline_design
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