lettering styles
Ways characters appear
Lettering styles are the distinct visual approaches to forming letters—how characters are shaped, weighted, and ornamented.
Calligraphers and designers distinguish between scripts (cursive, flowing), serifs (with small strokes at letter ends), sans-serifs (without them), and decorative faces.
The wedding invitation called for elegant lettering styles.
Sign painters, tattoo artists, and graphic designers each draw from particular traditions.
- swashesSplashing liquid movements
- wedding invitationsFormal marriage ceremony requests
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- drop capsEnlarged opening characters
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