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!