This was cool. For a book I designed, I chose to do the cover title text and all of the H1 headers hand drawn and it was worth it but yeah also wow what a lot of work.
Most of the headers I drew a few times to get the right feel but I also made a sheet where I wrote out the full alphabet with multiple takes on each letter that I could mix and match digitally.
I also really liked your point about preserving the texture of hand written text. You almost want more texture than you would assume since that’s what makes it feel real.
That’s a big commitment! I’m sure it looked great, though. I hand lettered episode graphics for a friends podcast and regretted it after a while. For his next show, I just did a font :)
Totally agree about texture—I think it might be the most important part.
I’m semi obsessed with black Stabilo All pencils since they are very high contrast and also just the right mix of waxy/oily that they have a lot of texture.
This was cool. For a book I designed, I chose to do the cover title text and all of the H1 headers hand drawn and it was worth it but yeah also wow what a lot of work.
Most of the headers I drew a few times to get the right feel but I also made a sheet where I wrote out the full alphabet with multiple takes on each letter that I could mix and match digitally.
I also really liked your point about preserving the texture of hand written text. You almost want more texture than you would assume since that’s what makes it feel real.
Thanks, Davin.
That’s a big commitment! I’m sure it looked great, though. I hand lettered episode graphics for a friends podcast and regretted it after a while. For his next show, I just did a font :)
Totally agree about texture—I think it might be the most important part.
I’m semi obsessed with black Stabilo All pencils since they are very high contrast and also just the right mix of waxy/oily that they have a lot of texture.
I’ll have to check those out!
Loved the video tutorial! Definitely putting that in my toolbox