The first thing you see when you walk in: a map of Richmond on the floor. (Photo by me!)
A few weeks ago, I had another Valentine's Day...at The Valentine history museum here in Richmond, Virginia. This city is chock-full of history and The Valentine has a great collection of unique objects from different time periods. Here are a few typographic finds from my visit there. (All photos by Chenla Ou unless otherwise noted.)
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I keep trying to grow my freelance business but I always hit a snag. In order to do one thing, I have to do ten other things first...just like the storyline from one of my favorite childhood books, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." For example, Instagram has this cool business feature that can give you insight into your followers and post performance. But it requires a Facebook business page, which I don't have at the moment.
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Once a Richmonder, always a Richmonder: Amy Webber may have moved away from the capital, but she will forever be welcome here. Under the name Sincerely Amy Designs, she is one of the top wedding calligraphers around...and she couldn't be nicer! Amy was kind enough to clue me in to the world of calligraphy (completely different from lettering) while settling into her new home with her husband and soon-to-be-one-year-old.
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This is the third and final installment of my series discussing three fundamental type styles. (Check out the other two posts on serif and sans-serif type.) Mastering these three basic styles will enable you to letter almost anything!
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This is the second post in my "Back to Basics" series discussing the three basic categories of type styles: serif, sans-serif and script. Knowing these three styles will allow you to letter almost anything you can imagine. Last week, I talked about serif type. This week, we're stripping it down to sans-serif.
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