Black Glove Hand Lettering

08/02/2023

Work has been kicking my 🐴ss this week. The font study has come to a grinding halt due to board meetings and an influx of quotes and projects. Hoping to get back into the groove here soon! For the time being, here’s a quick practice I did with a Micron Brush Pen. Unlike typical calligraphy nibs, brush pens require a delicate change in pressure rather than nib position.

02/02/2023

Taking a quick break from the font study today to break down the components of typography (something I probably should have lead with). I assume everyone knows what an uppercase and lowercase letter is, but you might not know that the little dangly bit from the letter “g” is called a link, the semi circles in letters like “p” “q” “d” and “b” are called bowls, and a serif is the kind of “notches” made at the end of a letter. So to say a font is sans-serif is to say that it does not have the fancy notches, but rather the line just ends. Any way, the more you know 🌈

02/02/2023

I always include a little hand written note with forms that need to be signed, but it wasn’t until I had five different policies that I realized I may have mastered the muscle memory of this particular phrase. 🙃

01/02/2023

Font #3 Aharoni: A thick and bold sans-serif font. Originally created as a Hebrew version of Ebar-Grotesk (a more geometric sans-serif font) it has been utilized in Windows 2000, XP, XP SP2, Server 2003, Server 2008, 7, 8, 10, and 11. I had to use a font size of 24 to get the letters to be more fitting within my 0.5x1.0cm base range, which made the font a bit cramped. Definitely needs a bigger canvas to work with ✍️

31/01/2023

Font #2 Agency FB: A very neat and tidy font. Sharp lines with subtle curves at nearly every 90° angle. The interesting tidbit with Agency FB is that it’s one of the more uniform fonts in its size and shape. In the scale I use (x = 0.5cm, y = 1cm) every lowercase letter, with the exception of L and I, is exactly 0.25cm long and 0.5cm high (not including ascenders and tails). Uppercase letters are always 0.3cm long, and 0.75cm high. Writing in this font really does scratch that “oddly satisfying” itch. 🤤

30/01/2023

Font #1 Abadi: Sans serif design utilized in various media such as magazines, newspaper, and advertising. The simplicity of the font makes it easy to make mistakes (don’t stare too long or you’ll notice the inconsistencies in my study 😅). As much as I love my Micron pens, this one really needs a fine tip fountain or ball point pen, and not a felt tip. Lesson learned ✍️

30/01/2023

It was a doozy of a week last week. Didn’t have a moment to actually begin the font study I promised. I think all the fires have been put out though, so this time for real! (Also didn’t like the spacing of the original title page so I re-did it 🤷‍♂️)

24/01/2023

Be on the lookout for my newest project! I’ll be doing (hopefully) daily hand lettering for each font within Microsoft Word and discussing the nuances of each design ✍️

23/01/2023

It is certainly Monday. Hope everyone has a great day today!

22/01/2023

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22/01/2023

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