Having grown up
in NYC, I’ve been a huge fan of graffiti-inspired letters since I started
recognizing the alphabet. I like how these large-scale forms of color sometimes
reveal a recognizable letter and are at other times so abstract that they can
barely be “read” as letters.
I find letters
are quite fun to draw! I used to take great pride in lettering the topics in my
notebook or drawing my name over and over. Psych signs* were really big in my high
school, and the girls with the best lettering skills always had waiting lists
of people who wanted their names to be drawn. (I’m sure boys have great
lettering skills, too, but my experience was at an all-girls school.)
*Oh, wait . . .
not everyone has a school obsessed with psych signs? They’re signs with
people’s names on them (usually very athletic people) to psych them up for a
game and show support. Something like “Go Hannah” . . . except that I’m not
terribly athletic. (But I still appreciated the vote of confidence.)
Note: This is a
reproduction of the original art.
Lizzy’s (my high school friend) was much
better.
That’s where my interest in letters comes from and why I picked up Klutz’s Lettering book.
Lettering makes it easy to have fun with a message.
There’s a lot that kids (and adults!) can do with all of the stencil letters
included in the kit.
Yes, exactly. You
can say anything.
Perhaps . . .
Why, yes, they
are. Thank you for noticing.
Making messages
with this book is a lot of fun and super easy! Besides, there are important
things to remember, like:
and
(Just like it was
for me when I made these signs for the office.)
For reading this!
