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The Clothes When I first started lettering, I cared more about the clothes than anything else—I used the same basic skeleton over and over again, tacking on serifs and swashes where I saw fit. After a few months, I started to realize that all my work had a sameness to it. Instead of creating distinct lettering styles, I created one style, with many
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Serif or Sans Serif for Printed Matter? Do you know the difference between a serif and a sans serif type-face? Your eye certainly does. A serif typeface is one that has little feet and embellishments on the tips and base of each letter, such as this font. Sans (the French word “without”) serif faces, such as this font, have no such serifs. The seri
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The Skeleton Usually just a single hairline, the skeleton helps me determine the width of the letters, the x-height, and the general proportions of the components.
Jessica Hische • In Progress: See Inside a Lettering Artist's Sketchbook and Process, from Pencil to Vector
