Hand lettering from A to Z : a world of creative ideas for drawing and designing alphabets

**Make your ABCs more FUN with __Hand Lettering A to Z__.** Along with the popularity of journaling, paper crafting, book crafting, and making personalized gifts and cards, comes a renewed appreciation for hand lettering. **__Hand Lettering A to Z__** is a fun, hands-on, write-in book, in which artist and calligrapher Abbey Sy presents her creative lettering and invites artists from several countries to contribute alphabets of their own designs: all unique, all hand drawn. Each alphabet will be paired with a collection of phrases to show readers different ways to use the lettering and to have fun with an international variety of ways to turn the phrase. Readers can use the phrases when making cards, gifts, Valentines, or embellishing their journals. Make your ABCs more FUN with Hand Lettering A to Z. Along with the popularity of journaling, paper crafting, book crafting, and making personalized gifts and cards, comes a renewed appreciation for hand lettering. Hand Lettering A to Z is a fun, hands-on, write-in book, in which artist and calligrapher Abbey Sy presents her creative lettering and invites artists from several countries to contribute alphabets of their own designs: all unique, all hand drawn, many ready to be colored with pen or watercolor. Each alphabet will be paired with a collection of phrases: (Let it Snow, Let's Dance, It's Only Rock and Roll, Just Do It!) to show readers different ways to use the lettering and to have fun with an international variety of ways to turn the phrase. The artists will make their selections from a list of fifteen languages (Danish, Dutch, English, Finish, French, German, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish). Readers can use the phrases when making cards, gifts, Valentines, or embellishing their journals. Using the phrases in other languages adds to the fun of creating something special. The book is printed on artists' quality paper, with plenty of space opposite each collection of letters and phrases for the reader to draw, copy, and practice. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 3 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 CONTENTS......Page 7 Introduction......Page 9 The Basics......Page 10 Paper......Page 11 Pens, Pencils, Brushes, and Paint......Page 12 Finding and Filtering Ideas......Page 13 SERIF......Page 14 SCRIPT......Page 15 LETTER EVOLUTION......Page 16 Swash Serifs......Page 19 Lazy Serifs......Page 25 Bone Type......Page 31 Woodpecker by Guest Artist João Neves......Page 37 Midwestr by Guest Artist Lisa Lorek......Page 43 Condensed Capitals......Page 49 Inline and Outline......Page 55 Nature Story......Page 61 Bubble Letters with Gradients by Guest Artist Googly Gooeys......Page 69 Freehand Brush Script......Page 77 Lined Script......Page 83 Retro Script......Page 89 Swish & Flick by Guest Artist Meagan Hyland......Page 95 EMBELLISHMENTS......Page 100 Custom Artwork......Page 102 Art Journal......Page 106 Notebook Cover......Page 108 GALLERY SHOWCASE......Page 111 Abbey Sy......Page 113 João Neves......Page 116 Lisa Lorek......Page 120 Acknowledgments......Page 127 Index......Page 128 About the Author......Page 130 Create an alphabet all your own with a helping hand from Hand Lettering A to Z and its team of international artists here to help you get started. Your hand lettering contains a little bit of you! Hand lettering not only expresses what you have to say, but also demonstrates the creativity in your communications. In Hand Lettering A to Z , artist and author Abbey Sy has invited four international artists —Meg Hyland, Joao Neves, Tessa Go, and Lisa Lorek—to join her in designing all new alphabets for you to draw and use in many different languages. You don't have to be a trained artist to master the art of hand lettering. These alphabets are for every skill level, and will suits any taste. Do you want colorful script full of bombast ? Maybe an austere black and white script ? Whether you're going for classic or just plain fun, Hand Lettering A to Z has direction for you. So why wait to get creative? Grab some supplies and customize twenty-six letters of your own ! Your hand lettering contains a little bit of you! It expresses what you have to say, and demonstrates your creativity in all your communications. In Hand Lettering A to Z, artist and author Abbey Sy has invited four international artists--Meg Hyland, Joao Neves, Tessa Go, and Lisa Lorek--to join her in designing all new alphabets for you to draw and use in many different languages. You don't have to be a trained artist to master the art of hand lettering. These alphabets are for every skill level, and will suits any taste: colorful, or black and white, classic or just plain fun. It's all about getting creative with the twenty-six letters and a little bit of you Learn to draw your own alphabet as Abbey Sy and other artists teach you the art of hand lettering!