Nodes of Design#69: Lettering by Craig Black

<p><a href="https://craigblackdesign.com/profile">Craig Black</a> is a Scottish artist and independent designer specialising in typography and lettering. He currently runs his own art and design studio in Greenock, Scotland. Craig’s work has been celebrated and exhibited worldwide: from London, New York, Sydney and Dubai. He is also known across the public speaking circuit for sharing his inspirational creative journey at conferences and creative events worldwide.&nbsp;</p> <p>In this episode, Craig shared great insights on Lettering and how different is it from typography. We then discussed how to narrate&nbsp;a story via letters and how to creative use san-serifs and serifs. Craig shared his process on how to combine all the different insights&nbsp;into beautiful letters.&nbsp;</p> <p>Takeaways: - What is lettering, How to narrate a story via letters, Combing insights into beautiful letters.&nbsp;</p> <p>Portfolio:&nbsp;<a href="https://craigblackdesign.com/" target="_blank">https://craigblackdesign.com</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/fs-renaissance/?utm_source=monotype&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=fs_renaissance">FS Renaissance</a></p> <p>Books by <a href="https://craigblackdesign.com/profile">Craig Black</a></p> <p>The Lettering Workshops: 30 Exercises - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&amp;field-author=Francis+Chouquet&amp;text=Francis+Chouquet&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books">Francis Chouquet</a></p> <p>Little Book of Lettering - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Emily-Gregory/e/B00QU6UDJ6/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1">Emily Gregory</a></p> <p>Drawing Type: An Introduction to Illustrating Letterforms - Alex Fowkes</p> <p>Thank you for listening to this episode of Nodes of Design. We hope you enjoy the Nodes of Design Podcast on your favourite podcast platforms- Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and many more.</p> <p>If this episode helped you understand and learn something new, please share and be a part of the kno