Dabongenerousamountof inkfromthepadtothe stamp.Itshouldn'tbedark red,butbrightredliketheink pad. Placethepaperonthetable andflipyourstampas centrallyasyoucan.Use yourpalmstoapply pressure.Toapplypressure evenly,keeponepalm pressed(keepingthestamp inplace)whilstyouadjust theotheronetoapply pressureandinktoan unmeasuredspot.
Locatethe Baseline (horizontal);thiswillbethelowestpart oftheÉ;thebottom Arm.Withthatinmindlocatetheleft most Serif guide(Vertical)andthe BottomArm&Beak guide(Vertical).Ifyouneedhelpreferbacktothestartto aidlocatingthesepoints.
Drawahorizontallinealongthe Baseline fromtheleft most Serif pointtothe BottomArm&Beak guideline.
Thiswillbethewidestpointofthecharacter
Locatethe LowerBeak guideline(horizontal).
Locatethe CapHeight partoftheE(withouttheascent);thetop(horizontal);thiswillbethehighest Arm.Withthatin mindlocatetheleftmost Serif guide(Vertical)andthe Top Arm&Beak (Vertical).Ifyouneedhelpreferbacktothe starttoaidlocatingthesepoints.
Pleasenotethistop Arm shouldbejustslightlyshorter thanthebottomarm,asmarkedbytheguidelines.
Drawahorizontallinealongthe CapHeight fromtheleft most Serif pointtothe TopArm&Beak guideline.
Locatethetophorizontal Upper Beak guideline. Drawaverticalline,goingdownfromtherightpointof thehorizontallineyoujustdrew,downto UpperBeak guidelineforthetop Arm.
Thecontrastofthistypefacesisextreme.Thetwo Serifs ontheleftarefinished,justahairlinethick!The Beaks are onthethreelinesoftheÉonitsrightside.Theyarebest visualisedasconcavecurvethatarecloserto exponentialgraphsratherthanaquarterofacircle.
Locatethevertical Beak guidelineandthetwo Arms havedrawn.Makeamentalnoteoftheirintersections.you
Forthetop Arm,drawaconcavecurvestartingfrom wherethevertical Beak guidelineintersectsthetop Arm down&righttothepointwherewherethe Arm flares downvertically.
Forthebottom Arm,drawaconcavecurvestartingfrom wherethevertical Beak guidelineintersectsthebottom Arm up&righttothepointwherewherethe Arm flares upwardsvertically.
Locatethetwo Stem guidelines(Vertical);thiswill bethethickestpartoftheÉ. Withthatinmindlocatethe two Arms youhavejust drawn. Drawtwoverticallines(one atatime)alongeachofthe twoparallel Stem guidelines, goingfromthebottomarm uptothetoparm.
Locatethe
Locatethe Bar oftheÉwhichyouhavepreviouslydrawn. Locatetheleft Accent mentalnoteofwherethesetwointersect.widthguideline(Vertical).Makea
Todrawthe Beak ofthe Bar:Fromthepointwherethe Bar intersectstheleft Accent aconcavecurvethatflaresuptothetoprightmostwidthverticalguideline,draw verticalpointofthe Bar ofyourÉyouhavepreviously drawn.
Again,fromthepointwherethe Bar intersectstheleft Accent widthverticalguideline,drawaconcavecurve thatflaresdownwardstothebottomrightmostvertical pointofthe Bar ofyourÉthatyouhavepreviously drawn.
Observethetwohorizontallineslabelledas Ascender Height andthe AscenderBaseline;Thesewillbethe lowestandhighestpointofthe Accent.Observethetwo verticallinesmarkedas Accent(widthguide).Thebox thatthese4linecreatewillhousetheaccent.
Locatethetoprightcornerofthisboxmadebythese fourlines;the Accent curveshereintothetwo Accent (diagonalguidelines) thatcornerwithoutexceedingthelinesofthebox.,visualiseacurvethatflowsalong
observerthediagonalscuttingintothosetwolinesonthe cornerofthebox;thecurveshouldgrazethemiddleof thosetwoshorterlinesthecornercutbythediagonals.
Thiscurveisbestvisualisedtobemorecircularnearthat corner.
Drawacurvethatflowsalongthattoprightcornerinto the Accent(diagonalguidelines) drawingtwostraightlinesalongeachofthe.Thenjointhecurveby Accent (diagonalguidelines) untilyouhitthe Ascender Baseline,oneatatime.
