I was lettering some trophy placques today with roman lettering & thought of something my mentor, Coleman Joyce taught me. The only letters in the alphabet that begin with a thin stroke are "M", "A", and "N". Often, when i do some handlettering, I find myself repeating in my mind many things I have learned along the way. This one was helpful again.
Jeff
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One of the medical clinics in Long Beach, CA, Harriman-Jones, had a 7 story building near the freeway. At the top of the building they had some white channel letters in Optima, very upscale. The A's were backwards. The sign company built them that way. I wonder how many hands it went through without anybody noticing?
Several years ago I was painting a truck and it had a "fancy logo" designed by one of the people in the organization.
It really was pretty nice, except that the "Y" was backwards. I just had to do it as it was designed.
If you have done any calligraphy and have held a calligraphy pen, you know that the chiseled edge is placed on the page at an angle. This creates your natural thick & thin strokes. If I have any question about where the thick or thin strokes should fall, I try to visualize using a calligraphy pen. Seems to work for me.
It really was pretty nice, except that the "Y" was backwards. I just had to do it as it was designed.
If you have done any calligraphy and have held a calligraphy pen, you know that the chiseled edge is placed on the page at an angle. This creates your natural thick & thin strokes. If I have any question about where the thick or thin strokes should fall, I try to visualize using a calligraphy pen. Seems to work for me.