TECHNICAL DRAWING

 SANS SERIF
 SERIF
 CURSIVE/ SCRIPT
 VINTAGE
 GOTHIC – BLACKLETTER CALLIGRAPHY
 GRAFFITI
 CREATIVE LETTERING
 OTHER SUB-LETTERING STYLES
 Sans serif lettering (a.k.a block letters) is
one of the best points for lettering
beginners.
 Their basic shapes allows you to focus on
their individual form and their relation with
other letters.
 The term comes from the French language
where “sans” means without - which exactly
describes this style of lettering.
 Itis highly important to maintain a level of
consistency throughout the thickness,
heights, spacing etc.
 The easiest way to learn how to draw sans
serif letters is with the “wooden board”
technique.
 Serif lettering shares the main form of
the letters with sans serif letters, however,
there are two main differences between sans
serif and serif lettering.
1. The Serifs – small decorative strokes added
at the end of the letterforms.
2. The different thickness in the strokes – not
every stroke has the same thickness.
 Know where to add the serifs.
 Serif fonts don’t have the same weight on
each stroke.
 Also known as script, cursive is originally a
penmanship style where the characters are
written together in a flowing manner.
 cursive in hand lettering is created by
following some of the rules of calligraphy,
most commonly by following the up thin and
down thick rule.