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Erik van Blokland’s classic letter sketching method, passed down from Gerrit Noordzij and taught at the The Hague.»A quick recording of sketching letterforms from the inside out. Postpone drawing the actual outline until you have an idea where it is. Just drawing any line isn’t going to make it the right one. Better to ignore drawing the contour altogether and focus on proportion, contrast, weight, the white shapes as well as the black shape.«I see him do this live at least once a year. Even if you have no skill with a pen (like me) you can learn a lot about the structure of various letterforms and typeface styles this way.
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I’ve been letterform-sketching all wrong for a long time. This is sweet:
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Blokland’s classic letter...method, passed down...Gerrit...
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Enlightening demo by Erik van Blokland (letterror): »A
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