http://typophile.com/node/13083 Comments for "Drawing How-To" en http://typophile.com/node/13083 <p><strong><a href="/wiki/Indices" class="wiki">Indices</a> : <a href="/wiki/How-To" class="wiki">&quot;How To&quot; Section</a> : Drawing Characters</strong></p> <p><strong>Some Basics</strong></p> <p>Q: <em>any suggestions of appropriate exercises, books, websites would be fantastic.</em><br /> from <a href="http://typophile.com/node/10082">this thread</a>, a list of sites put together by <a href="/wiki/Randy%252BJones" class="wiki">Randy Jones</a>:<br /> <a href="http://briem.ismennt.is">Notes on Type, Handwriting and Lettering</a> by <a href="/wiki/Gunnlaugur%252BSE%252BBriem" class="wiki-create">Gunnlaugur SE Briem</a><br /> <a href="http://www.typeworkshop.com">typeworkshop.com</a> by <a href="/wiki/Underware" class="wiki">Underware</a><br /> <a href="http://typophile.com/articles/typefacedesign110/index.html" title="http://typophile.com/articles/typefacedesign110/index.html">http://typophile.com/articles/typefacedesign110/index.html</a><br /> <a href="http://just.letterror.com/ltrwiki/SketchingType">Sketching Type</a> from the <a href="/wiki/LettError%252BWiki" class="wiki">LettError Wiki</a><br /> <a href="http://www.typeculture.com/academic_resource/articles_essays/pdfs/tc_article_6.pdf">Some Elements of Proportion and Optical Image Support in a Typeface [PDF]</a> by <a href="/wiki/Mark%252BJamra" class="wiki">Mark Jamra</a>.<br /> <a href="http://www.typeculture.com/academic_resource/articles_essays/pdfs/tc_article_7.pdf">Form and Proportion in a Text Typeface: A Few Guidelines</a> by Mark Jamra.</p> <p>Also, for using FontLab <a href="/wiki/Leslie%252BCabarga" class="wiki">Leslie Cabarga&#039;s</a> Learn <a href="http://logofontandlettering.com/">FontLab Fast</a> is indispensable, and <a href="http://logofontandlettering.com/">Logo, Font &amp; Lettering Bible</a> is very helpful. </p> <p>Karen Cheng&#8217;s <a class="freelinking-external" href="http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300111507">Designing Type</a> also has useful comparisons of proportions of letters in different type faces.</p> <p>Q: <em>is starting entirely by hand/pen a better choice?</em><br /> A: <a href="http://www.typophile.com/node/4822" title="http://www.typophile.com/node/4822">http://www.typophile.com/node/4822</a></p> <p>The more uninteresting a letter, the more useful it is to the typographer<br /> - Piet Zwart</p> <p><strong>From the FontLab group at MSN</strong></p> <p><a href="http://groups.msn.com/FontLab/tipsandtricks.msnw?action=get_message&amp;mview=0&amp;ID_Message=2675">Using Illustrator to Draw Typefaces</a></p> <p><strong>Discussion:</strong><br /> <a href="http://typophile.com/node/14539">Advice to Designers Sketching Type</a><br /> <a href="http://typophile.com/node/21090">How Do You Develop Hand Lettering Aesthetics?</a></p> wiki Tue, 14 Jun 2005 06:51:41 -0700 pablohoney77 13083 at http://typophile.com