An exciting book has just been introduced into the lettering world titled 'The Joy of Lettering: A creative exploration of contemporary hand lettering, typography & illustrated typeface'. The book is authored and illustrated by lettering artists Gabri Joy Kirkendall and Jaclyn Escalera. Gabri Joy also co-authored one of my favourite books 'Creative Lettering and Beyond'. Gabri Joy runs a successful business specialising in hand lettering and illustration. She has developed skills using a … [Read more...]
More Than Just Reference Mike Meyer’s Morgue File
Mike Meyer has specialised in sign painting for many years and never seems to lack inspiration. Over time Mike has collected material from different sources to help keep himself inspired, and now some of that material from Mike's collection has been organised into a book titled 'Morgue File Book 1'. The book has been published in partnership with Mike Meyer, A.S Handover, Better Letters and Alice Mazzilli. Mike grew up and still lives in a town called Mazeppa located within Minnesota. The … [Read more...]
Book Club – Lettering For Reproduction
Lettering For Reproduction was recommended by a reader of a previous 'Book Club' article named Sandra. In her comment Sandra mentioned a few books she's found helpful many of which I'd heard of, but Lettering For Reproduction by David Gates I hadn't come across before. I managed to locate it for around £6 / $10 but couldn't find much information on it as it was published in the late 1960's and throughout the 1970's. However as the price was low I decided I'd risk the investment. Now having had … [Read more...]
Book Club – Scripts: Elegant Lettering From Design’s Golden Age
Book Club brings you a new recommendation 'Scripts: Elegant Lettering From Design's Golden Age'. This months book is another that I have in my collection, and it's one I go to so often. Created by Steven Heller and Louise Fili the book is filled with beautiful and interesting samples of script lettering. This isn't the kind of book that will talk you through how to script letter but it will provide you with endless pages of script lettering that you can use as reference. The book contains … [Read more...]
Book Club – Creative Lettering And Beyond
'Creative Lettering And Beyond - Inspiring Tips, Techniques & Ideas For Hand Lettering Your Way To Beautiful Works Of Art' is the first book to be featured in Lettering Tutorials Book Club. For those that didn't catch the intro to Book Club, it's a feature where I'll recommend the hand lettering books that I've found very helpful or inspiring, and also feature the books that you recommend too! 'Creative Lettering And Beyond' seems like a good book to start the club off with as it … [Read more...]
