Strong Lines 3: The Gentle Gothics
Alice Young, Calligrapher & Designer
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Introduction
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Context
1:27 -
Introduction to Worksheets
5:02 -
ABC
10:03 -
DEF
7:02 -
GHI
6:39 -
JKL
7:28 -
MNO
5:23 -
PQRS
9:43 -
TUV
4:39 -
WXYZ
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Project Requirements
1:04 -
Spacing & Balance
2:45 -
End Notes
0:47
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About This Class
In this class we will:
» Learn gothic letterforms
» Learn the basics of letter spacing
» Design a simple greeting card
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In this class we'll look beyond the well-known, well-loved, dense and forceful blackletter, to learn a more gentle, sensitive version of gothic letterforms.
With a focus on using the Pilot Parallel Pen, our goal is to create a special thank you card or birthday card using this appealing calligraphic hand. We'll look at introducing simplicity – in order to balance the ornate nature of these beautiful letterforms.
This class is appropriate for students with some calligraphy experience. If you are a complete beginner, I suggest starting with my first class, Getting Comfortable with the Pilot Parallel Pen. Many of the strokes in this class were also taught in my second class, Colour & Curves with the Pilot Parallel Calligraphy Pen.
This class builds naturally on the first two classes.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.
– St. Francis de Sales
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This is a fabulous class I love it!!!
Esmeralda Jonsson
Designorita -The Señorita
Could you show us how to do your flourish techniques? They are beautiful in your freehand blue ink versions, but aren't part of the worksheets. Thanks! Glen
I love Alice Young's courses!! They are beautifully made, easy to follow and to practice with. And continue practicing with.
Alice is a GDC Certified Graphic Designer, with 20 years of experience in design and communications. She spent a decade working in the studios of multi-national ad agencies (Leo Burnett, Publicis, BBDO) in Toronto, Canada before moving to Canada's west coast in 2000. She continues to work on local, national and international accounts, as a member of the team at Taiji Brand Group. Her specialties are typography and hand lettering.
Her love of letterforms carries through to her practice ...