Steve Czajka on Designer Type
Since I was a kid, I have been surround by letters as my Father owned his own sign painting shop. Letters were in my blood. My Father would take me to the job sites where he worked, and his sign shop occupied most of our basement. As his helper, he showed me the ropes to old school hand lettering and sign painting. Continue reading
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The Genesis of Designer Type
The idea for Designer Type came to me around 2010 while working on a piece called, “Wild Horses.” I was using a common graphic design technique called ‘paste up.’ I had used paste up in the 1980s where I created an entire composition based on the best lines of calligraphy, then paste them onto an artboard — an old school technique prior to the digital age. Continue reading
Designer Type Teaser Trailer
Designer Type is FREE + Premium Calligraphic Type for everyone! Designer Type is arriving September 5, 2015 only from Steve Czajka at http://torontocalligraphyguild.org Check out this teaser trailer video… Continue reading
Book Cover Calligraphy Design
This shows some book cover design options for a recent project I completed. My role was to come up with an attractive cover title, and recommend a font for secondary text and background textures. I also included some placeholder graphics in option 6 for the publishing company. Along with the options shown above, I provided the client a written description of each option (pros/cons), fonts, graphics, and background texture(s) specifications. Once my client selected their desired option, they received the final files for high resolution production. Continue reading
Gothic Calligraphy Course – Last Chance to Register
The Gothic Calligraphy Course starts this Tuesday, March 18th in Toronto taught by Steve Czajka. There a only a few spots left so if you are interested please contact Steve Czajka at ( steveczajka [at] hotmail [dot] com ) soon. Seating is limited.
The above shot is an example of one of roughly 30 exemplars students will receive in this course. Read about the course at:
https://torontocalligraphyguild.org/2013/12/26/gothic-calligraphy-course-with-steve-czajka/
UPDATE: March 27. This course is in full swing now. I am in the process of creating an eBook for online or correspondence calligraphy learning. The eBook including printable exemplars will be closer to 50 pages in length and covers the materials, history, modern interpretations and my three easy keys to learning calligraphy & lettering. I am totally excited about this eBook. Details will be made available soon on this website soon.
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