Hand Lettering Courses and Certifications

Hand Lettering 101

38 ratings at CreativeLive

Learn pencil-and-paper hand lettering through varied lettering styles, embellishments, and type compositions, with no software required.

• CreativeLive
• 2 hours 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Hand-Lettering

In this class from our partners at Brit & Co., learn how to create your own unique hand-lettering style. Your final project will be creating a...

• Craftsy
• 1 hour 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• $28.00

Hand Lettering: A Freelance Artist's Guide

In this class from our partners at Brit & Co., learn to make a professional-looking hand-lettered design.

• Craftsy
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• $38.00

Hand-Lettering for Beginners

Create your own hand-lettered designs with simple materials. You don’t have to be a graphic designer to pen the gorgeous hand-lettering that you see in...

• Craftsy
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• $39.00

Dansky

Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners

Learn to create custom hand lettering through concept development, composition, guidelines, sketching, refinement, spacing, and vectorization.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SpeedballArt

Step-by-Step Botanical Greeting Card with Hand-Lettering

Master advanced hand-lettering techniques while creating beautiful botanical greeting cards with color blending, angled writing, and intentional color use for visual storytelling.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Chalk Lettering

6 ratings at CreativeLive

Learn to turn sketches and digital designs into temporary or lasting chalk lettering murals through freehand sketching, grid mapping, and image transfer.

• CreativeLive
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

School of Visual Arts

Custom Handlettering

2 ratings

Draw expressive letterforms by hand with ink, pen, paint, and brush, then import sketches into Adobe Illustrator to build bold vector variations.

• Kadenze
• 24 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Craft Your Own Lettering Style

In this class from our partners at Brit & Co., learn how to tweak standard lettering styles to make them your own!

• Craftsy
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• $38.00

Lettering for Lefties

The smudging stops here! In this class from our partners at Brit & Co., lefties can learn to have flawless hand-lettering, too!

• Craftsy
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• $28.00

Bounce Lettering Basics

In this class from our partners at Brit & Co., take your lettering up a notch with this fun, quirky lettering style!

• Craftsy
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• $28.00

Intro to Gold Foiling

In this class from our partners at Brit & Co., learn how to add gold accents to prints.

• Craftsy
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• $8.00

Intro to Chalk Lettering

In this class from our partners at Brit & Co., learn how to draw words, phrases, and illustrations with chalk.

• Craftsy
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• $28.00

Vintage Sign Lettering

In this class from our partners at Brit & Co., learn how to create a design that has a vintage sign vibe.

• Craftsy
• 1 hour 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• $28.00

Fauxligraphy: Pen Calligraphy

In this class from our partners at Brit & Co., learn fauxligraphy to get that elegant calligraphy look with just a permanent marker. No ink and nibs...

• Craftsy
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• $28.00