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Custom lettering on the spine of a 1960s book. Lettering is an act or result of artfully drawing letters, instead of writing them simply. Lettering is considered an art form, where each letter in a phrase or quote acts as an illustration. Each letter is created with attention to detail and has a unique role within a composition. [1]
Elements of art are stylistic features that are included within an art piece to help the artist communicate. [1] The seven most common elements include line, shape, texture, form, space, color and value, with the additions of mark making, and materiality.
Calligraphy (from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía) 'beautiful writing') is a visual art related to writing.It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument.
Street sign using lettering by David Kindersley, Northern Ireland Business sign of Yannedis Brass Foundry, London, in 2023 [95] Examples of Roman-style lettering can be seen in many places across Britain. [96] Kindersley's street sign font is one of the most common designs for street signs in Britain. [75]
A letterform, letter-form or letter form is a term used especially in typography, palaeography, calligraphy and epigraphy to mean a letter's shape. A letterform is a type of glyph , which is a specific, concrete way of writing an abstract character or grapheme .
He did carvings for Rhode Island School of Design, Groton School, Phillips Exeter Academy, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [3] Benson designed the school's diploma and seal, [4] in use to this day, as well as the seal of The Wheeler School. [5] Benson was the author of The Elements of Lettering with coauthor Arthur Graham Carey. [6]
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First page of Paul's epistle to Philemon in the Rochester Bible (12th century). A modern calligraphic rendition of the word calligraphy (Denis Brown, 2006). Western calligraphy is the art of writing and penmanship as practiced in the Western world, especially using the Latin alphabet (but also including calligraphic use of the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, as opposed to "Eastern" traditions ...