Golden Secrets of Lettering: Letter Design from First Sketch to Final Artwork

By Martina Flor

The Golden Secrets of Lettering is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to hand lettering. With easy-to-understand instructions and guidelines, plenty of inspirational examples, and hundreds of hand sketches and illustrations, Martina Flor shows readers how to transform their initial lettering concepts and handdrawn sketches into a well-shaped, exquisite piece of digital lettering that can be sold and published.

Readers learn how to train their typographic eye by studying lettering samples and the anatomy of letters; explore concepts of hierarchy, composition, and flourishes; and discover the many different ways of creating letter shapes. In addition, Flor explains the process of creating a lettering project step by step-- from start to finish, from analog to digital--and gives valuable tips about how to make a career as a lettering artist.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161689573X
• ISBN13: 9781616895730
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 9.6"