{"id":19459,"date":"2019-04-01T01:10:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T06:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=20910"},"modified":"2019-03-20T15:38:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T20:38:45","slug":"book-review-hand-lettering-a-to-z-workbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/04\/01\/book-review-hand-lettering-a-to-z-workbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review \u2013 Hand Lettering A to Z Workbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Book Review<\/strong>
Hand Lettering A to Z Workbook<\/strong>
by Abbey Sy<\/strong><\/em>
191 pp. Rockport<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHand Lettering A to Z Workbook\u201d is a very accessible workbook aimed at beginners in hand-lettering who want to start with a good foundation and traditional letter form styles. The first few pages are spent on exploring the basics of typography, hand-lettering, and layout; there is not a lot of detail on any one topic here, but there\u2019s no fat, either. The prose is very direct and to-the-point, and Abbey Sy includes recommendations for specific tools and methods.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sy offers a good variety of styles for the beginner, from simple handwriting and serif letter forms to cursive scripts and bounce-lettering. She walks through the basics of layout, especially for a single quote or short phrase, as well as process \u2014 from a rough penciled template to a fully inked and colored end-product. Along the way, she includes many examples of different sketches, scripts, and fully-rendered quotes, to fuel the artist\u2019s imagination. She also offers different character types and variants, special characters, and embellishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The introductory material is fairly short, and the rest of the book is made up of practice pages, first for the different letter forms and styles, and then for full quotes. It\u2019s important to note that this book does not delve into traditional calligraphy at all, but focuses on more accessible brush scripts and drawn letter forms. The book is also peppered with handy tips to help you avoid rookie mistakes \u2014 always check your spelling before you ink, for example! \u2014 and to help you accomplish a finished product.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this book may not be of much interest to an experienced hand-lettering artist, it\u2019s a great place to start, especially for anyone who may want to hand-letter their own cards and gifts, or add a bit of pizzazz to their journaling and scrap-booking. Accessible and thorough, \u201cHand Lettering A to Z Workbook<\/a>\u201d is a great place to start your hand-lettering journey and build a solid foundation for an ongoing practice. By the time you\u2019ve worked your way through, you should have a thorough understanding of the hand-lettering process, and the ability to create polished, professional-looking typography art and gifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hand Lettering A to Z: A World of Creative Ideas for Drawing and Designing Alphabets on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About\nthe Author:<\/strong>\n \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sarah\nMcMenomy <\/strong>is\nan artist and witch. Her craft incorporates herbalism, spellwork,\ntrance, divination, auras, and more. Her work can be found at\nhttps:\/\/sarahmcmenomy.tumblr.com<\/a>\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book Review Hand Lettering A to Z Workbook by Abbey Sy 191 pp. Rockport \u201cHand Lettering A to Z Workbook\u201d is a very accessible workbook aimed at beginners in hand-lettering who want to start with a good foundation and traditional letter form styles. The first few pages are spent on exploring the basics of typography, hand-lettering, and layout; there is not a lot of detail on any one topic here, but there\u2019s no fat, either. The prose is very direct and to-the-point, and Abbey Sy includes recommendations for specific tools and methods.\u00a0 Sy offers a good variety of styles for the beginner, from simple handwriting and serif letter forms to cursive scripts and bounce-lettering. She walks through the basics of layout, especially for a single quote or short phrase, as well as process \u2014 from a rough penciled template to a fully inked and colored end-product. Along the way, she includes many examples of different sketches, scripts, and fully-rendered quotes, to fuel the artist\u2019s imagination. She also offers different character types and variants, special characters, and embellishments. The introductory material is fairly short, and the rest of the book is made up of practice pages, first for the different letter forms and styles, and then for full quotes. It\u2019s important to note that this book does not delve into traditional calligraphy at all, but focuses on more accessible brush scripts and drawn letter forms. The book is also peppered with handy tips to help you avoid rookie mistakes \u2014 always check your spelling before you ink, for example! \u2014 and to help you accomplish a finished product.\u00a0 While this book may not be of much interest to an experienced hand-lettering artist, it\u2019s a great place to start, especially for anyone who may want to hand-letter their own cards and gifts, or add a bit of pizzazz to their journaling and scrap-booking. Accessible and thorough, \u201cHand Lettering A to Z Workbook\u201d is a great place to start your hand-lettering journey and build a solid foundation for an ongoing practice. By the time you\u2019ve worked your way through, you should have a thorough understanding of the hand-lettering process, and the ability to create polished, professional-looking typography art and gifts. Hand Lettering A to Z: A World of Creative Ideas for Drawing and Designing Alphabets on Amazon *** About the Author: Sarah McMenomy is an artist and witch. Her craft incorporates herbalism, spellwork, trance, divination, auras, and more. Her work can be found at https:\/\/sarahmcmenomy.tumblr.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}