Hand Lettering
Create a hand-lettered quote
The Brief
Interpret a favorite quote using custom hand lettering
Trim Size
Scalable
Learning Points
Sketching ideas
Customizing letter shapes
Tools
Pencil and paper, Illustrator, Procreate, iPad
Inspiration
When choosing a quote to illustrate with hand-drawn typography, a lot of care needs to go into selecting the right source. You want words of wisdom from a person of impeccable integrity. That’s why we turned to a man who is perhaps the world’s wisest and most quotable musician: Tom Waits. This quote is famous, possibly apocryphal, and is fun to say out loud.
Your first decision is the size and shape you want to fit the quote into. A square? A rectangle? Triangle? Depends on the ...
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