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Rome Day 6: Lettering Ideas Realized

Rome Day 6: Lettering Ideas Realized

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Photos by Steven Heller and Lita Talarico

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By Nigel Sielegar

To conclude James Clough's master lettering "lessons" on the essence of Roman type and typography, workshop students spend over six hours drawing and redrawing ancient type. The turned them into what Clough calls "typographic ideas," which are translations of the original Bembo into more contemporary "illustrations" of aphorisms, quotations and phrase.

student writing



A woman smiling and man questionable face



Teacher critiquing student's work



students looking front and listening



type critique time



explaining during type critique

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