Lettering with Purpose: Creative techniques and prompts for making meaningful, inspirational hand-lettered art

Excellent a really good read

The good part is that this is really well written, great ideas and exemples, loads of margin for creativety......but...There is hardly a single page that doesnt reference a Tombow product (or two..or three...)...To me, and although it if filled with good ideas and it is inspirational...it does feel like a collection of material Tombow should just deliver as free sheets with their products...because that is the feel I got from this book...a large collection of ideas and practical uses one often finds printed either on the back of the box of materials one purchases ... or as a sheet that comes in the box.In my opinion, this feels more like a collection of ideas / hints / uses and helpful and inspiring as it may be...feels like a huuuuge commercial for one brand and one brand only - a brand that could easely have just handed out this book in small parts with the pens and brushes one buys from that same brand.

Love, Love, Love this book.This book is beautifully laid out, it starts out quite simply with the basics of lettering, and has step by step instructions on how to gradually make your lettering that bit more special.Once you get to grips with the basics it shows you how to add flourishes, embellishments, character and style to your lettering and before you know it your lettering is starting to look that bit more fancy.The instructions are presented in a warm way, that appreciates that we can get a bit frustrated with ourselves if things don’t first appear perfect. The way the instructions are conveyed makes you want to practise and improve your techniques, as this is all part of the learning and lettering process.There is a section for those who like to do things digitally too, which I could see being very useful to some people; for example I think this would be a great way to produce things such as flyers or party invites, that still keep that individual style.It also has a step by step project section where you can use your lettering to make finished items.The most useful section I think to me comes towards the end of the book… and I think many people might agree that once you acquire a new crafting skill… inspiration seems to suddenly vacates the building…. This book is not lacking in that… it literally inspires inspiration, and I find the 100 dynamic prompts section practically worthy of a book itself. It provides trigger points that you can then use to create a lettering project… and I can see myself popping back to this section in the book time and time again for inspiration when I have some spare time to get creative with my lettering.With the skills and ideas in this book I can see myself going off with my new lettering skills and making my own jar labels, inspiration quote pictures, gift tags, greetings cards, in fact anything I can write on may get that additional fancy flourish…I would say that that book does tend to focus on a particular brand of pen, but I wouldn’t let this put you off to much, whilst it’s a good pointer to the type of pens that are particularly suited to certain tasks, I’m sure other brands of suitable pen are available too. Myself I seem to have amassed an almost silly amount of pens and pencils in my crafty pursuits and with a bit of experimentation I’m sure I can use many of these to achieve similar results to those shown.I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to get to learn and get to grips with lettering, and those seeking inspiration to keep their lettering skills flowing.