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DUAL 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 will
be this height.
Baseline: The line where your letters rest. With the exception of
descenders, this is the line where the bottom-most portion of your
letter will sit.
Ascenders: Letters with strokes that extend past the x-height to the
ascender 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, entry
stroke 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 the
page. This stroke should always be thick in brush lettering.
BEGINNER DUAL BRUSH PEN LETTERING
STROKE PRACTICE
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SCRIPT ALPHABET: LOWERCASE
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SCRIPT ALPHABET: LOWERCASE
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SCRIPT ALPHABET: LOWERCASE
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SCRIPT ALPHABET: LOWERCASE
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SCRIPT ALPHABET: LOWERCASE
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SCRIPT ALPHABET: LOWERCASE
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SCRIPT ALPHABET: LOWERCASE
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SCRIPT ALPHABET: LOWERCASE
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SCRIPT ALPHABET: UPPERCASE
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SCRIPT ALPHABET: UPPERCASE
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TRACEABLE FINAL PROJECT
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