BEGINNER DUAL BRUSH PEN LETTERING

BEGINNERDUAL BRUSH PEN

LETTERING

BEGINNER DUAL BRUSH PEN LETTERING

LETTERING TERMINOLOGY

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Ascender Line: The line where the top-most part of your ascenders rest.

X-Height: Roughly the middle of your letters. Most lowercase letters willbe this height.

Baseline: The line where your letters rest. With the exception ofdescenders, this is the line where the bottom-most portion of yourletter will sit.

Ascenders: Letters with strokes that extend past the x-height to theascender line.

Descenders: Letters with strokes that extend past the baseline.

Cross Bar: Thin horizontal stroke that intersects a letter.

Bowl: Closed-off, curved part of a letter.

Flourish: An exaggerated swash added to a letter’s tail, cross bar, entrystroke or exit stroke.

Upstroke: The part of the letter made by your hand moving up the page.This stroke should always be thin in brush lettering.

Downstroke: The part of the letter made by your hand moving down thepage. This stroke should always be thick in brush lettering.


STROKE PRACTICE


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STROKE PRACTICE



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SCRIPT ALPHABET: UPPERCASE



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