Hand Lettering 201: Intermediate Lettering and Design Basics

I absolutely love this book! I skipped over the first of the two books, Hand lettering 101 and jumped right in to 201. This is the first hand lettering book I’ve ever bought and I am new to the art. I found myself getting lost in it, practicing for hours. I find it very relaxing and fun. The book includes Many different styles and fonts with room to practice. There are several project ideas and tips for beginners. The book is very well made. Heavy duty, spiral bound with pages that do not bleed through. My only complaint is I wish there was more! I want to keep writing. So maybe print out some of the sheets to practice again and again. Very thoughtfully written by an author who has a real love for hand lettering. Her enthusiasm shines through and she writes as though she’s sharing her best advise and tips to a friend. I would definitely recommend this book for beginners or the more experienced. I love it so much that I plan to purchase Hand lettering 101! You can use any pen, marker, or pencil but I used Tombow fudenosuke brush pens and Sakura micron 05 pens and they worked very well. A great book at a great price!!

Ordered this a few months ago and finally had time to get it out and practice last night. I only did the first letter set but it’s already helped me soooo much! It’s so fun and I can already see so much improvement. I sometimes get stuck in my lettering and not sure how to make it look different, but there are so many alphabets to choose from in this book and I love how each letter is broken down so it’s easy to learn. And also this book is so pretty!! Love chalkfulloflove and love this book! Thank you!

Now, I don't even remember how I discovered Chalkfulloflove... but Sarah is super endearing, I follow her on instagram and own a Stars Hollow Fall Festival sweatshirt and now I bought this book... so I'm in deep guys. I love how many different lettering styles there are in the book and the design and project sections are nice additions. I have done some self taught brush lettering (also with some practice sheets I found online) previously and I learned traditional kind of unadorned calligraphy when I was in elementary school so I have some basic skills (emphasis on basic lol.) But because of this previous experience I skipped 101 and went straight to 201, just FYI.The book came wrapped in plastic and was pristine, the paper felt really nice and on the whole it looked lovely. There are plenty of places to practice lettering directly in the book (although I personally prefer to use scratch paper) and multiple different styles to practice. I have started tracing the letters to practice first so that I get a feel for the strokes. I attached a photo of my lettering from holiday cards this year from before I got the book. I'll try to remember to update after I get to practice the different styles (I've only practiced the hillary style style so far which I included a picture of :) She has included some ideas for spiffing up your envelopes, making greeting cards, place cards, and gift-y things also! But really, the nice thing about this skill is pretty writing improves all the things. So yeah! I would recommend the book for anyone wishing to expand their repertoire, mix up their current lettering situation, and also get some cute little ideas for using their newfound skills as well :)

If there were 10 stars I would rate it that. I can not get over how much I love this book. For a while, I’ve taken such an interest in calligraphy... all of which stemmed from my grandpa. He used to write me letters with his calligraphy and I loved it and I always wanted to write like that too. I had forgotten about it for a while until a friend of mine shared her lettering on an Instagram story and I was in awe! I had to learn how she did it! I asked for 101 for Christmas and within a week I was finished with the whole book. I immediately asked for 201 for my birthday. And yes, you guessed it, within a week that one was done too. It’s so therapeutic and fun and I absolutely love it. It’s not like traditional calligraphy but rather calligraphy 2.0 lol it’s got an extra flair to it that’s so fun. The pages and lines are just the right size for you to practice, and the projects are so fun. I love how the author, Sarah, encourages you to take risks with the letters and make it your own. Ever since, I’ve lettered on everything and practice at least 5 times a week!!! And all my school books and notebooks never looked better! Now I can’t wait to get my hands on an iPad and pencil so I can do the iPad lettering practice! This book is everything and will seriously step up your handwriting/cursive game to a whole new level. This is by far my new favorite hobby. I can’t wait to letter my wedding invitations some day!!! Honestly, I don’t know if I could speak more highly of this book.

This book is done beautifully, and has lots of practice lines. It seemed to be lacking samples to show you how to connect the letters.

Very pretty book started it recently. I have some lettering experience it I consider myself still a beginner. I hope this book can elevate my lettering since I’ve been a little stuck at the same level for a while. The book is very well constructed and really pretty , the pages are thick enough for ink not to bleed through too much. I’m using the pentel touch on them and there is almost no ghosting.It has many alphabets to try and learn and all of them a very pretty!!! I’m thinking to get the 101 as well

Great book! Very informative in teaching you how to letter and what kinds of pens to use. There is practice pages but I like to use blank sheets that I have laying around as well. My only complaint is some of the letters formats aren't in a specific order where you learn all of the lower case of a certain format and then the upper case in the same format (different name) is pages and pages away. I like to learn the upper and lower right after each other but was following the order of the book when I realized it was listed like this. Not a big deal but something I noticed.

Llego antes de lo esperado, excelentes ejercicios y el tamaño es perfecto!

Product delivered before the date expected. The book is very helpful for practicing calligraphy..

Satisfeita com o produto e recomendo muito,Vale a pena pra quem quer aprender um pouco sobre as tecnicas de hand lettering..

Brought both HL101 and HL201. Fab books. Great for people who want to learn different types of modern lettering. Easy to follow and understand. Blank pages for you to practice in or use another notebook.

Worth it. Remember to practice ~