hand & ink, a long tradition of beautiful letters

A long tradition of beautiful letters

Hand & Ink

Francis Chouquet - Creative Mornings 03/2015

• Direct relation with ink, of course… • Writing is involved there, and writing is important to me • Less and less people write today (emails, SMS, social

medias, etc…), • Because more and more designers are trying to escape

the computer,

Why Lettering and Calligraphy?

What is Lettering?

It is not typography!

It is not Calligraphy…but…

Typographie = Engineering Lettering = Craft or Design Calligraphie = Art

A bit of History…

Back in 1454 and the Gutenberg press…

1450-1500

1530

1538

Giovan Francesco Cresci - 1560

1600

1605

1840

Edward Johnston

Excoffon Mistral

Mistral by Roger Excoffon

• Artists are back to calligraphy and le!ering • Need to come back to roots and traditions • Need to go back to handcra" work. • Calligraphy and Le!ering are back in commercial

industry but also in Fine Arts

A few years ago…

A few contemporary artists you should know…

Luca Barcellona

Niels Shoe Meulman

Seb Lester

Sergei Shapiro

Sergei Shapiro

Neil Secretario

Ryan Hamrick

Jackson Alves

Want to see more? Where to find inspiration…

1. Books

Hand to TypeJan Middendorp GESTALTEN

ScriptsSteven Heller & Louise Fili THAMES & HUDSON

Typography SketchbooksSteven Heller & Lita Talarico PYRAMID

2. On the internet

• Dribbble ( h!p://dribbble.com ) • Behance ( h!p://behance.com ) • Pinterest ( h!p://pinterest.com ) • Instagram ( h!p://instagram.com ) • Beautiful Type ( h!p://beautifultype.net )

You would like to learn Lettering ? Calligraphy?

Master the rules before breaking them!

1. A few books…

The Art & Craft of Hand LetteringAnnie Cicale Bloomin Books

Mastering Copperplate CalligraphyEleanor Winters Dover Publications

Brush LetteringMarilyn Reaves + Eliza Schulte Design Books

• Skillshare ( h!p://skillshare.com ) • Hand Le!ering tutorials

( h!p://handle!eringtutorial.com )

2. On the web…

Facebook Group: « Je me mets au Lettering » h!ps://www.facebook.com/groups/229594860514561/

Francis Chouquet Twi!er: @fran6 Instagram: h!p://instagram.com/fran6 Dribbble: h!p://dribbble.com/fran6 Pinterest: h!p://pinterest.com/fran6

Thank you!