This is probably the button you saw, and it's similar to my lettering but it isn't my work. The lettering style I use most often is called Foundational. It was developed in the early nineteen hundreds by Edward Johnston, and isn't at all rare in calligraphy. It doesn't seem to have many typefaces based on it, though.
Here are some ways the "Reading is sexy" button is different from my work--the hairline (thinnest part of the stroke) is almost horizontal--I use a 45 degree slant. The s has a vertical serif on the top stroke which would be a pain to do with a pen, or at least I haven't figured out how to do it neatly.
The i has a round dot. I use a diamond.
The right-hand stroke of the y has a subtle bend that I like and will try imitating.
Thanks for being interested, and for me at least, time spent looking carefully at letters isn't wasted.
I don't know how big the "Reading is sexy" button is, but I'm doing 1" buttons as well as the 2 1/4" these days.
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Date: 2006-10-16 02:04 pm (UTC)Here are some ways the "Reading is sexy" button is different from my work--the hairline (thinnest part of the stroke) is almost horizontal--I use a 45 degree slant. The s has a vertical serif on the top stroke which would be a pain to do with a pen, or at least I haven't figured out how to do it neatly.
The i has a round dot. I use a diamond.
The right-hand stroke of the y has a subtle bend that I like and will try imitating.
Thanks for being interested, and for me at least, time spent looking carefully at letters isn't wasted.
I don't know how big the "Reading is sexy" button is, but I'm doing 1" buttons as well as the 2 1/4" these days.