Hand Lettering

the art of drawing letters

Understanding $$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \$$ helps artists create hand lettered works of art that are balanced and aesthetically pleasing.

(a)  

The $$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \$$ is where all letters sit.

the line where the tops of the lowercase letters reach (the height of a lowercase “x”, “a”, “e”, “o”, “n”, and so on in any given typeface)

All the letters that have strokes that reach upwards make use of the $$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \$$ . That includes letters like “k”, “h”, and “t”.

This is the line where dangling letters like “g”, “q”, and “y” rest their tails.

Which of the following is a lettering family?

a small line or stroke regularly attached to the end of a larger stroke in a letter or symbol within a particular font or family of fonts

the lack of the serifs is a characteristic of this lettering family

fonts within this lettering family are usually cursive with the letters connecting to one another and a variation in line thickness