Jessica Hische, a lettering artist, presents a guidebook on elevating beautiful handwriting into design.
From hand-drawn sketches to vector data, she reveals a refined production process. Through client work with The New York Times, Starbucks, Penguin Books, and Wes Anderson, you can learn about designs that utilize handwritten lettering.
[Table of Contents]
Foreword by Louise Fili
Introduction
The Art of Handling Letters—Lettering, Calligraphy, and Typeface Design
[Process: The Creation of Lettering, from Blank Slate to Finished Artwork]
Tools for Creation: Analog Edition
Tools for Creation: Digital Edition
Research and Brainstorming
Thumbnails
Sketches
Skeleton
Body (fleshing out)
Costume (decoration)
Vector Drawing
Drawing, organizing lines, and repeating
Proper placement of anchor points
Anchor points for shapes made of curves
Tips for lettering and other vector drawing techniques
[Practice: Various Steps Unfolded in Projects]
Design for Editorial
Design for Books
Design for Advertising
Design for Logotypes
Design for Other Fields
Category：Japanese Graphic design Book
Tag：Calligraphy, Font, lettering, logo, typography
- Pages：
- 176
- ISBN：
- 9784802512947
- Release Date:
- February, 2024
- Language:
- Japanese
- Publisher:
- BNN
Author profile
Hische Jessica
A letterer, illustrator, and type designer based in San Francisco. She handles artwork in a wide range of fields, including editorial materials, books, advertisements, corporate logos, and movie title designs. She has over 300,000 total followers on social media, where she posts beautiful lettering works and artworks (@jessicahische). Her main clients include The New York Times, Starbucks, Penguin Books, Wes Anderson, Tiffany & Co., Nike, Samsung, and Wired magazine.
Hische Jessica’s books
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