CHAPTER 4
Letterforms and Guides
Learning rules, making rules, and breaking rules are essential parts of the lettering process. In this chapter, we’ll look at the rules that dictate how letters are traditionally formed and we’ll talk about how you can develop your own unique set of lettering rules without sacrificing legibility.
In the previous chapter we used one type of rule: guides. We created angled guides and made a rule that our letters would always stay within those guides to conform to a particular overall shape. There are lots of other rules you can choose to apply to each lettering project, but of course, you don’t have to use all ...
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