Hand Lettering vs Hand Writing Fonts

[Gare]

Then, handrawn, perhaps you could begin a dialog with the rest of us why you don't use handwriting typefaces, and prefer to hand-letter?

Blambot is a terrific resource for cartoon strip typefaces, and I've digitized my own handwriting and block lettering and use these fonts.

Even if you have your own reasons for hand-casting text, I'm sure you have preferences in execution you might share: do you use a tall or a short x-height for lower case letters, do you stick to one member of a family, or do you have a set of bolds and italics in your head? Stuff like that?

Typography combined with dtp I think is a rich area that wouldn't tire for quite a while as a thread, IMO.

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[handrawn]

handrawn, perhaps you could begin a dialog with the rest of us why you don't use handwriting typefaces, and prefer to hand-letter?

in a nutshell because I am an artist - and that is quite different to being someone who produces art, as I am sure I do not need to explain to your good self
we all write but few are 'writers'
we can all contruct a rhyme, and some of us metre - but few are poets

"typefaces friends is boring
we must not say so...." to ape Mr Berryman

I only mentioned it because I thought there may be a place here for those who, to an extent, use a tablet to letter rather than a font - on reflection, maybe not

[Gare]

Well, I think I understand when I'm asked to be an artist, and when I'm asked to be a designer, but I think you're getting at practicing versus immersion, aren't you? Like you simply cannot help yourself from stopping to appreciate a sunset?

I confess I'm addicted to Art, have been since I was old enough to creatively mark a surface (much to the chagrin of my parents)—and I "see" the Art in typography, appreciate the lines, the symmetry and the fine reinforcement a poem can adopt by being cast in the "just-so" typeface.

One of my all-time favorites is Benguiat, but it needs to be "served" with the right underlying thought.

Sort of like serving the right cheese at a wine tasting.



My Best,

Gary