The Golden Secrets of Lettering
A course by Martina Flor , Designer and Lettering Artist
Design lettering for a personalized postcard from start to finish
Design lettering for a personalized postcard from start to finish
Interested in developing and refining your own lettering style to send unique messages for any occasion? Join designer Martina Flor to discover the ins and outs of lettering, including the principles of typography and effective techniques for creating a lettering piece from scratch.
In this online course, Martina proves that designing and drawing letters is a creative skill that everyone can learn. Follow along as she offers up her own typography tips and tricks that you can use to improve your work.
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 13 downloads
- 97% positive reviews (993)
- 19,055 students
- 14 lessons (2h 0m)
- 13 additional resources (10 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe IllustratorWhat is this course's project?
How long has it been since you sent a postcard or a letter? Use Martina's personal project Letter Collections as a reference to develop the personalized lettering for a postcard that you can share with your friends and family.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone from beginners who are just getting started to experienced design, art, and illustration professionals looking to add a new creative tool to their skill set.
Requirements and materials
For this course, you need paper, pencils, tracing paper, and a computer with Adobe Illustrator installed.
Reviews
A course by Martina Flor
Martina Flor combines her talents as a lettering designer and illustrator. Born in Buenos Aires, Martina has lived, studied, and worked in a number of cities throughout Europe including Berlin, where she founded a custom lettering and typography studio. Some of her international clients include The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, HarperCollins, Fontshop, Monotype, and Etsy.
Martina is cofounder of the well-known online “battle” project Lettering vs Calligraphy and founder of Letter Collections. She holds a master's degree in type design from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, and she spends much of her time teaching lettering and type design in Europe and abroad.
Martina is the author of the book The Golden Secrets of Lettering, published in 2017 by Princeton Architectural Press in the United States and by Thames & Hudson in the United Kingdom (Original title: Lust auf Lettering, 2016 Verlag Hermann Schmidt), which has been translated into several languages.
When she is not drawing letters, she travels the world presenting her work at conferences and universities. In 2016, she spoke at TEDx Río de la Plata before an audience of 10,000 spectators.
Content
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U1
What is lettering?
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What is Lettering?
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Where do I look for my inspiration
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U2
Bases of the design of letters and techniques
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Observation
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Bases of typography
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The role of calligraphy in lettering
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Hand drawing technique
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U3
Making your own lettering - The sketch
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Presentation of the project and ideas
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First sketches
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Advanced sketch
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U4
Making your own lettering - The digital drawing
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From analog to digital
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Techniques for drawing shapes of letters in a vector program 1
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Techniques for drawing letter shapes in a vector program 2
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U5
Critical eye. Details Refinement
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Print and correct
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Color and completion
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FP
Final project
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The golden secrets of lettering
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
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Certificates
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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conidanegger
Martina es excelente maestra y transmite pasión por el oficio. ¡Recomiendo!
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caro_dahl
Martina is an excellent teacher!
kamila.whitehen
Brilliant teacher, very informative course.
aslabbersniemeijer
Plusde vertaling naar nederlands is onbegrijpelijk de engelse vertaling loopt niet sychroom met haar praten. heel lastig om te volgen.
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pilartafe
Hola, el curso está muy guay, estoy aprendiendo cosas que no tenia ni idea y me gusta como lo explica, gracias¡¡
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