Quiet

Here's a shot of some lettering I've done as a demo for my class. I've never lettered much using a pencil, but it's easy to understand why so many designers recommend drawing by hand over the computer. For the word "Quiet," I wanted an upright script with some swashes and a ligature. After getting the drawing into a satisfactory place, I scanned it and redrew it in Illustrator. The pencil sketch probably took an hour and redrawing in Illustrator took no more than 30 minutes.