My Top 5 Books on Hand Lettering - Ian Barnard

I'm always asked what books I would recommend for people wanting to learn hand lettering. Here is a list of my top 5 favourite books that I would reach for when needing help with my hand lettering.  1. ABC of Custom Lettering by Ivan Castro Ivan is a graphic designer and typography teacher who takes the reader through a range of step by step techniques to hand draw a variety of styles.  One of the best examples is brush script where he details how to achieve the harmony between the thick downstrokes and thin upstrokes, how to copy a model sheet and it gives you connecting letters together and general tips and tricks of how to get this style nailed. He uses that same formula to look at serif letters and the legibility of that, how to construct them and how to mix it

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