From the course: Learning Type Design
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Explore tools, methods, and materials
From the course: Learning Type Design
Explore tools, methods, and materials
- [Narrator] We describe glyphs in terms of strokes and form, but when we digitize, we create outlines and fill them in. It's a little like constructing a building without internal supports. Creating letters with traditional and non-traditional tools will give you critical insight into the logic of letters, and an intimate understanding of alphabet structure. As a child, you were taught to make letters with a pencil, and later, a pen. Pencils and pens are writing tools that produce specific kinds of letters. Their thin, mono-weight lines produce skeletal forms that are very similar to the ancient practice of scribing letters into wax or clay with a stylus. You may have tried your hand with a calligraphic pen at some point. The broad-edged pen held at a specific angle translates the skeletal forms of pencils and ballpoint pens into calligraphy, with weighted stems, and contrast between thick and thin. Flat paintbrushes have a similar effect, but with greater fluidity. Flexible nib…
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