Sketching is fun, exciting and smart!
Learn to use sketching not only as a technique to quickly get ideas out there but as a great approach to planning your next type design project. In short - sketching makes your creative and original ideas functional!
You will be taught to distinguish between and draw different types of letter contrasts, structures and proportions, to work with spacing, rhythm and consistency, and observe optical corrections.
Mastering sketching technique allows you to anticipate what might occur during your next typeface design by quickly mapping your type family and answering questions to potential problems.Sketching is fun, exciting and smart!
Learn to use sketching not only as a technique to quickly get ideas out there but as a great approach to planning your next type design project. In short - sketching makes your creative and original ideas functional!
You will be taught to distinguish between and draw different types of letter contrasts, structures and proportions, to work with spacing, rhythm and consistency, and observe optical corrections.
Mastering sketching technique allows you to anticipate what might occur during your next typeface design by quickly mapping your type family and answering questions to potential problems.

Required Materials

• #2 pencil, eraser, sharpener
• sketching paper A3 or 11" x 17" or bigger
• a variety of black markers from chisel edge to fine micron
• 18" ruler (to make guidelines)

• correction pen (BIC Wite-Out or Pentel PRESTO!)