![]() ![]() ![]() Now add some serifs, what about shading?) Specific examples would really have helped! It would have been extremely helpful for beginners! (For example, basic font: now slant it. I wish he would have broken this down more and devoted a few pages to this. Next, Seddon suggests customizing fonts by adding serifs, flourishes, and exaggerating some aspects of the letters. To develop your font, start by tracing over a font you like. Why bother with copying letters you’ve written since Kindergarten? Because they are basic to the next, creative step. Why practice scales when you can play music? Because scales are in the music and promote good technique. Unless you are Really into this, I’m thinking most people would skip the basics. Seddon suggests practicing hard copying basic letter forms to gain a deeper understanding of their forms. With the current resurgence in crafts and hand-lettering, Seddon’s book gives concrete ways to start creating your own font. ![]() Tony Seddon takes my knowledge a few steps further.ĭraw Your Own Fonts starts with a ‘lite’ 1-page history background of hand-writing to print to computers. I’ve been amateurishly interested in hand-written fonts since I made bloopy, ‘groovy’ letters during the late 60s. ![]()
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