Simple Lettering Lessons and Practice Ideas
Spacing, layouts, banners and the steps for arranging words into a balanced phrase.
4 tutorials published
Draw a straight ribbon banner from a rectangle, two end pieces and two fold triangles, then a wavy version from parallel curves. Includes how to fit a word inside and shade the folds.
Eight beginner-friendly layout shapes for quotes, cards and signs, from the centered stack to the badge, with advice on blocking each one in rectangles and matching it to the length of your phrase.
A repeatable six-step process for turning a short phrase into a balanced lettered piece: choose the important words, break the lines, sketch thumbnails, set contrast, rule a frame and check the white space.
Learn to space letters by the look of the white space instead of by distance, handle awkward pairs such as A, T and V, and set word and line spacing.
