JDow
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I wanted a quick way to layout lettering for teaching purposes so I decided to make my own computer font. Wow was that a lot of work! I have a new respect for font designers that's for sure.
I've been using it as an aid to teach script engraving to my students. I've found that if they get their hands dirty cutting right away they learn how to draw out their lettering by hand much quicker. Plus it has helped my do large layouts much faster... I got a job engraving the articles of the constitution on a brass plate and this probably saved me days of work. By no means did I mean for this to replace hand drawn letter layouts, but more for simplifying learning letter cutting. I truly believe that hand drawn is the best way to go as it is fast (no transferring to metal logistics) and produces small natural irregularities that are aesthetically pleasing much like natural handwriting.
In any case, I'm wondering if anyone else may find this useful? The script font is very basic and traditional (very much based on whats in James B. Meeks book The Art of Engraving) and displays each letter as the separate cuts to be made. I also made a Letter Cutting Guide to go with it that shows how to cut each letter with color coded directions. If you would be interested in downloading it I made it available on my jewelry website.
https://jasondow.com/engraving
What do you guy think? Any constructive feedback very much welcome!
I've been using it as an aid to teach script engraving to my students. I've found that if they get their hands dirty cutting right away they learn how to draw out their lettering by hand much quicker. Plus it has helped my do large layouts much faster... I got a job engraving the articles of the constitution on a brass plate and this probably saved me days of work. By no means did I mean for this to replace hand drawn letter layouts, but more for simplifying learning letter cutting. I truly believe that hand drawn is the best way to go as it is fast (no transferring to metal logistics) and produces small natural irregularities that are aesthetically pleasing much like natural handwriting.
In any case, I'm wondering if anyone else may find this useful? The script font is very basic and traditional (very much based on whats in James B. Meeks book The Art of Engraving) and displays each letter as the separate cuts to be made. I also made a Letter Cutting Guide to go with it that shows how to cut each letter with color coded directions. If you would be interested in downloading it I made it available on my jewelry website.
https://jasondow.com/engraving
What do you guy think? Any constructive feedback very much welcome!
