Kickstart Your Lettering
Master the fundamentals of hand lettering needed to start creating gorgeous lettering compositions!
Ever felt lost trying to figure out how to learn hand lettering?
There are TONS of hand lettering resources out there, but most of them only focus on one style or gloss over the fundamental knowledge you need to know in order to really improve your skills.
Kickstart Your Lettering has got you covered.
With comprehensive explanation of the essential building blocks you need to know, plus hands-on practice with lettering style worksheets, you'll walk away from this course able to create real lettering pieces — and know the exact next steps you need to take to grow your skills further.
Kickstart Your Lettering has got you covered.
With comprehensive explanation of the essential building blocks you need to know, plus hands-on practice with lettering style worksheets, you'll walk away from this course able to create real lettering pieces — and know the exact next steps you need to take to grow your skills further.
Course curriculum
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01
Getting Started with Lettering
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Introduction
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What Is Lettering?
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Lettering Tools & Supplies
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02
Building Letters
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Letter Anatomy
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Weight & Contrast
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Tips & Practice Worksheet for Anatomy, Weight, & Contrast
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Lettering Guides
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The 3-Step Letter Building Process
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03
Lettering Styles
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Serif Lettering
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Sans Serif Lettering
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Script Lettering
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Vintage, Illustrative, & Creative Lettering Styles
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Combining Styles
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04
Putting Letters Together: Words & Compositions
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Letter Size
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Letter Spacing
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Practice: Creating Words
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Creating Lettering Compositions
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Practice: Layouts
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05
Adding Decoration and Effects
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Lettering Decorations
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Lettering Effects
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Adding Illustration to Lettering
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06
Where To Go From Here
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What's Next for Your Lettering?
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What You'll Learn:
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The proper terminology to use for different types of lettering arts, styles, and letter anatomy
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The 3-step process to build consistent, clean, professional letters
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The major styles of hand lettering, as well as their signature characteristics and step-by-step instructions for creating each one
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Tips and techniques for mastering correct letter size and spacing
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The process to create a beautiful lettering layout for professional-looking compositions
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Several different ways to add visual interest to your lettering through decoration, effects, and illustration
FAQ
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Is this for iPad lettering or lettering with pen & paper?
Both! This course teaches the fundamentals of hand lettering, no matter what tools you use. All worksheets are provided as PDFs for printing, Procreate files for importing into the Procreate app on your iPad, and JPEG image files for importing into any other digital drawing app of your choice.
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How long can I access the course?
As long as Unfettered Letters exists! You get lifetime access to the course with your purchase, plus any updates I make to the course in the future.
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How is the course structured?
This is a self-paced online course. You can access and read through any of the lessons at any time. Start at the beginning and work through them in order one by one, or skip around to different sections as you need them. You can download the worksheets from the course as many times as you'd like.
Check out the email mini-course for a free taste of what Kickstart Your Lettering has to offer!
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