I have recently (last weekend!) started to learn how to paint. I really enjoy it, but I also wondered if there was a way to incorporate my writing into pictures… Then I saw the review of this book of typography and stencils in the blog Fifty Shades of Wonderful. I’m curious — I love putting together digital book covers and messing around with graphic design (very amateurly!). And I think letter stencils would be a great way to mix the visual and the textual, so to speak. I’ll keep you posted…
I am addicted to all sorts of Fonts and Typography. I use it on my handmade cards, scrapbook pages and free-form art I create. When I had the opportunity to receive and review Dina Tanamachi’s newest book; DIY Typography & Stencils I jumped all over it! This book may not impress everyone, but to artists from amateur to intermediate they will quickly recognize what a fabulous asset this is to their toolbox arsenal for lettering.
You will find this book to be amazingly simple with very little text. Dina describes her personal experiences in design and provides how she has used lettering in her day to day life as well as taking her ideas to market. Aside from that small section of the book, the rest is comprised of two sets of lettering stencils which can be removed from the book and used as reusable templates (Lower and Uppercase). There…
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Hi Louisa.
Sounds an interesting book… Great blog post…
Take care.
Katie.
Thanks, Katie! I hope to try it out soon!