I've recently become fascinated with typography, and with hand lettering in particular. I thought it would be cool to start doing an alphabet a day in my sketchbook. Let's face it folks, that's not going to happen. But here are the first ones:
You might be interested to look at some of James Castle's "letter books", interesting not just for their typographic design but because they were made by somebody with no concept of reading, in his attempt to understand the world of printed material. Likewise his pseudo-calendars and other abstractions.
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You might be interested to look at some of James Castle's "letter books", interesting not just for their typographic design but because they were made by somebody with no concept of reading, in his attempt to understand the world of printed material. Likewise his pseudo-calendars and other abstractions.
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