Roman capitals and the Italic hand have been paired for centuries — the stately, upright capital serving as headline, initial, or accent to the flowing, rhythmic italic beneath it. Few combinations feel as natural, and few are as easy to get wrong.
This class looks at how the two scripts work together: proportion, weight, spacing, and the visual relationship between a capital letter and the italic text it introduces or accompanies. But this is not only a letterforms class — it is equally about layout and design. We will look at how capitals and italics can be arranged on the page: where a capital anchors a line, how much space it needs to breathe, and how the pairing shapes the structure of a piece as a whole.
We will be planning and excecuting a finished piece during this class, and you will be given the tools to make the two scripts work together — as letterforms and as design.
All levels welcome.
When: Tuesdays 8th–29th September 2026, 19:00–19:30 CEST
How: Interactive online workshop via Zoom
Workbook as PDF. Videos available for 2 months after the last session. Work corrections in Slack.
