First of all, what is typography? Typography is the technique of setting type to create letters, words and sentences on a piece of written text of any size or length. Type, in its original definition, is the collection of metal rectangles with letters on them.
These, in turn, were used in a printing press to print text. Printing presses with type are not generally used anymore, because we use computers. The word typography, though, is still very much in use.
The first collections of the type were created to resemble the letters used back then, which were essentially calligraphy. That was when calligraphy made the jump to typography. When typography went digital was when the font madness started.
Nowadays, fonts are confused with typography, type families are confused with hand-lettering and so on and so forth. If you want to find out more about the difference between a font and a typeface, we do have an article about that.
And if you want to learn more about typography and all its little details, we also have an article about that.
If you want to learn even more about graphic design including typography, calligraphy, and hand-lettering check out this article about online courses and tutorials. By Orana Velarde. Freepik Company 2 weeks ago.
Nico 2 weeks ago. Create an account to write a comment. Sign up. Already have an account? So we are way more used to seeing these types of scripts than, for example, Americans are. Calligraphy is just that, it is the art of writing a sentence or word in a way, that is nice or beautiful to look at. But there are many types of scripts in calligraphy only one of these types is cursive.
Some other styles are for example gothic or italic scripts. But also in art calligraphy is widely used. In many cultures, calligraphy has still to this day a very high standing like in Germany or in many Arabic countries. Cursive is a style of writing in which the characters are written joined together most of the time in a flowing manner.
The idea of Cursive scripts was to make writing faster. In calligraphy, the English script would be an example of a cursive script.
Most cursive scripts, like the English script, are written with a pointed or flex nib. This nib is reacting to pressure will produce thicker or thinner lines depending on how strong it is pressed down on the paper. This way different line thicknesses are produced. The English script was the first widely used cursive script and it was developed in England with the goal of having a script, that is fast to write.
On the contrary, most cursive scripts are actually quite hard to write and I would suggest every beginner to start out with a simpler script like the gothic or Blackletter script. Italic is another type of script. In this type, the letters are written at an angle, so the letters all lean in one direction, most of the time they will lean to the right.
You can make a lot of money or nothing at all. It depends on a variety of factors including skills, experience, the way you advertise your skills.
Some make more by freelancing, others by selling products. I know many including myself who make a living drawing and writing letters, at the same time I know a lot who struggle to make it through the other side.
Thank you for the wonderful article. I am trying to start my Calligraphy journey and the articles out there are very confusing.
This article puts things in perspective Especially note style vs font. Im looking forward to reading your articles on Traditional calligraphy and exploring the different styles, tools.
Thank you so much for the kind comments. It is beautifully written. Full of knowledge. Had a question in mind: What are those fine differences that you have started to notice between calligraphy and hand lettering after practicing these art forms over the years now?
Thank you, Asmita! The more you look at things the more you start noticing all these small things the untrained eye cannot see.
This was a very well written article. Thank you. I am an old some would say too old calligrapher who is very traditional. One of the things that has made it more possible is the use of the computer to digitally edit the work with a graphics program. More like lettering, in a way. I can take a blackletter piece and edit the edges and points of the letters using a program like Krita to make it perfect down to the pixel!
I can also change the color and saturation of each letter, adjust lines for leveling, move letters and words around to get spacing just the way I want, etc.
I can incorporate drawings into the piece as overlays, backgrounds, etc. If a client wants a specif Pantone color for the lettering, I can do it almost exactly and print it out on good Bristol board. Is that calligraphy? Digital art? There is so much to learn! Thank you for taking the time to explain so much to so many. How about mentioning digital art when you get around to it?
Thank you so much for your comment, Gary! I really appreciate you taking the time. I have a whole section on iPad lettering and I am starting to focus more and more on the whole digital aspect.
Hey there! Great article and really superb examples. I admire your simple and straightforward writing style too! Definitely my go to article now for explaining the differences to my friends. Breaking down the other popular methods was fun too like faux calligraphy. Keep it up friend!
Wow I loved everything you have shared. Thankyou so much for sharing your skills and passion. This group is wonderfulThanks a.
Always a pleasure, Toni! Thank you for taking the time and writing such a kind comment. Glad to have you in this community! Thank you for reading! Im updating this piece soon! Oh my. I am stunned. Thanks for this article. Thanks once again. Any advice for individuals like me who want to start this as a business?
Hey Norbert, thank you for your kind words.
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