Module 4-Chapter 1-Lettering and Folders-Part 2

The following examples of lettering were found on the internet and show the evolution from early lettering (cuneiform script) to "modern times" lettering. It's interesting to see how this has changed over the years: from the very elaborated medieval writing to refined lettering that can sometimes be found nowadays. But even the very colorful street art graffiti could be considered as an art form of its own.

IV1m and close-up

IV1n

IV1o

IV1p

 IX1q: street art graffiti

IV1r: fonts on my computer

The following examples show some interesting calligraphy where the letters are hardly recognizable, 

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 IV1t

IV1u

IV1v

I can only recommend this beautiful book, it's not a traditional calligraphy book. The letters produced are based on rythms and patterns found in nature. I could have scanned in the whole book, each page is a work of art.

Here are some examples of my own handwriting done with a "Bandzug"calligraphy pen which has a square tip. I tried to vary the size as well as the way the letters are put together to form a pattern where the letters are not "readable" any more.

 calligraphy 1

calligraphy 2

calligraphy 3

calligraphy 4

I treated myself to this wonderful little machine, the Silhouette Portrait which is a hobbyplotter. It cannot only cut materials as paper and fabric among others but the software allows you to play around creating your own alphabets and shapes, which can, in turn, be cut out, welded, filled in with colour......

The following are examples of alphabets created with this software. When cut out the negative shapes could be used to form stencils. In pic IV1z the cut-out letters were glued together and scanned in to form some sort of pattern, which, in turn, could be scanned in, cut out, etc......I still don't know all the features of this wonderful  machine, but I think it has enormous potential.

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IV1y (for the 3 pics above)

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 The following pics are cut out from various magazines and show different styles of lettering

The more you look, the more you see: Different lettering styles can be found everywhere and the pictures presented here are by far not exhaustive, so I'll probably post more throughout this module.