Posted by Cam Bortz on April 11, 2002
Sarah C.Lately I've been dancing with the squirrels a fair bit (you know, the grey ones in the kit); some fancy stuff, but a lot of of good-old ordinary pounce pattern lettering. Almost all my patterns are computer generated, and I have my favorites styles when it comes to actually swinging a brush. Now I'm wondering, what styles do you folks enjoy lettering? Not so much the look, per se, but what styles work well with the brush.
Mike JacksonI think everyone developes their own style in the casual and casual scripts. I had a casual single stoke and a casual script that I really liked doing.
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Billy BobHi Cam,
The old sign painter's scripts and casuals are the most fun to do with a brush. If you are asking about standard letterstyles, I'd have to say the ones with rounded serifs are much easier to hand letter than square serifed ones. Fonts like Souvenir, Windsor, Goudy, & Cooper Black go fast and easy with a good pattern. Goudy might be my favorite of that group.
Mike Jackson
The many styles of brush script lettering, because it's the hardest to master. And casual- "quickie", because it's the most versitile and fastest to stroke.
My favorite (and most controlable) brushes are "Cosmos" red sable quills.
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