Francis Chouquet 
Lettering Workshops 
30 Exercises for Improving Your Hand Lettering Skills

In The Lettering Workshops, you’ll learn all about the art and practice of drawing letters using hands-on techniques in five workshops across 30 lessons! Whether you’re a beginner or a professional graphic designer, you’ll quickly learn how to develop and advance your lettering skills.In this richly illustrated book of lessons and exercises, you’ll find: 5 Workshops to learn the art of drawing letters-from an introduction to brush lettering and lettering script to the decoration of letters; from the secrets of good composition to the process of digitization and vectorization of your type 30 Exercises that gradually develop from beginner through intermediate and advanced difficulty 16 Studies of works to understand what makes good lettering 52 Inspirational contributions in featured galleries from international brands 160 Pages for all skill levels 26 Letters to learn and explore!TABLE OF CONTENTSWhat Is Lettering?Why This Book?First Lesson Lettering, Calligraphy, or Typography?Basics and Technical Vocabulary WORKSHOP 1: DISCOVERING BRUSH LETTERINGExercise 1: Find the Right Position Exercise 2: Set Up a Grid Exercise 3: Execute the First Movements Exercise 4: Place Letters Exercsise 5: Join the Letters Exercise 6: Retracing Your Tracks Work Studies Gallery WORKSHOP 2: INITIATING SCRIPT LETTERINGExercise 1: Discover the Skeleton Technique Exercise 2: Trace an Alphabet Exercise 3: Draw a Full Word Exercise 4: Execute a Classic Script Letter Exercise 5: Out of Your Comfort Zone Work Studies Gallery WORKSHOP 3: USING TYPOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERSExercise 1: Decorate a Letter Exercise 2: A Complete Word Exercise Exercise 3: Go Further with a Vintage Style Exercise 4: Discover the Interlock Exercise 5: Work the Interlock Exercise 6: Realize Complete Lettering in Interlock Work Studies Gallery WORKSHOP 4: THE SECRETS OF A GOOD COMPOSITIONExercise 1: Thinking in Block Exercise 2: Execute the First Sketches Exercise 3: Choose the Word Styles Exercise 4: Tracing the Skeleton Exercise 5: Develop and Finalize Your Track Work Studies Gallery WORKSHOP 5: SCANNING AND VECTORIZATIONExercise 1: Scan and Prepare Your Lettering Exercise 2: First Steps to Vectorization Exercise 3: Testing the Summit Theory Exercise 4: Vectorize the Entire Set of Letters Exercise 5: Critiquing Vectorized Letters Exercise 6: Prepare Lettering without Vectorization Exercise 7: Isolate Lettering Exercise 8: Apply Texture Exercise 9: Finalizing the Composition Gallery The Artists in This Book Resources