Lettering Tools
Hand Lettering Supplies: A Simple Starter Kit for Beginners
The five tools you need to begin lettering, what each one is for, which extras become useful later and which popular purchases you can skip entirely.
Lettering Tools
Pens, paper and a simple starter kit, described by type so you can use what you already have.
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Lettering Tools
Best Paper for Hand Lettering Practice: Types and What to Avoid
Why smooth paper protects your pens and sharpens your lines, which paper types suit practice and finished pieces, what feathering, bleeding and ghosting mean, and a five-minute test page to try first.
Lettering Tools
Hand Lettering Pens for Beginners: Which Type to Use When
A plain guide to pen types for lettering, from pencil and fineliner to markers, brush pens and the water brush: the line each one makes, the styles it suits and which two to start with.