Style and lettering for your custom t-shirts

To go from the guide to the catalog, start from the custom t-shirts page: from there you can choose men's, women's, or children's and configure the quote online.

When lettering is the perfect solution for your custom t-shirts.

Want to create beautiful, affordable custom t-shirts, perhaps for a themed event ? Lettering can be a great way to create eye-catching apparel. Wondering what lettering is? Let's look at its definition and how it can help you create stylish t-shirts.

What is lettering and how can it help you?

Lettering could be translated into Italian as "calligraphy." Specifically, it's the study and use of typographic characters for purely decorative purposes : it's no coincidence that it's a technique widely used in advertisements, comics, and even interior design. Another way to use lettering is to print the characters on custom t-shirts, pairing them with a particular design or image. Using calligraphy on t-shirts is a great way to create original, stylish, and truly eye-catching pieces. Wearing such customized t-shirts will give you a unique style, especially if you decide to print short aphorisms or short phrases from songs! If you own a business , you can use them to promote events (read here to learn more: " Custom t-shirts for events "). Participants will be encouraged to wear beautiful t-shirts even afterward! Getting back to the point, lettering generally refers to the manual creation of new characters inspired by specific fonts.

But this concept is about to be surpassed: there are tons of ready-made calligraphic-style fonts online that you can download and use for your t-shirts! Here's an example of a page where you can download them: Lettering Fonts .

In the next few paragraphs, we'll look at the main fonts you can start with if you want to delve into lettering.

Fonts to start from for lettering

Here are some basic fonts you can use to practice lettering and draw inspiration from to create your own personal style (to print on your t-shirts!):

Sans serif
Serif
Cursive / Script
Vintage
Gothic – Blackletter Calligraphy

Lettering with Sans serif font

Sans serif fonts are one of the best starting points for lettering beginners. The simple shapes allow you to focus on their individual shape and their relationship with other letters. Sans serif fonts have a unique feature that makes them ideal for custom T-shirt printing: they're incredibly easy to read. They're also ideal for shorter sentences! You can start with sans serif fonts to create excellent lettering and make your T-shirts truly unique.

Lettering with Serif fonts

Serif fonts are very similar to Sans, but feature small decorative strokes added to the ends of the characters. These fonts are perfect for making the lettering on your custom t-shirts more elegant and harmonious. They also make a perfect original gift! Read the article " Custom Birthday T-Shirts " to learn more.

Cursive Lettering

As you well know, cursive is a writing style in which characters flow together. However, when it comes to handwriting, cursive is created differently, as handwriting and calligraphy are not the same thing. Cursive handwriting is created following some of the rules of calligraphy, most commonly the ascending and descending stroke weight rule. The beauty of handwriting in cursive is that you aren't limited by the capabilities of your pen! By this, we mean that with a calligraphy tool like a dip pen, you'll only be able to create a certain stroke thickness. With handwriting, you can create any shape you want, as long as you follow basic principles such as consistency, balance, spacing, etc.

Vintage (Retro) Lettering for Your Affordable Custom T-Shirts

Vintage lettering is definitely recognizable for a few distinctive features. Here are a few:

Decorations
Serif
Texture
Colors

You can find thousands of examples of vintage lettering online—we highly recommend using Pinterest for inspiration. Vintage lettering is a great way to print a T-shirt for a vintage or traditional event (or even perfect if your style is hipster!). It's also become a huge trend in the design industry, as so many people recognize the beauty behind vintage style.

Gothic lettering for your t-shirts

Gothic lettering is a medieval-inspired calligraphic style: using this style can be a great choice if you need to print a gothic or dark-style T-shirt. This type of script is perfect for white text on black T-shirts; for example, you could write a quote from a metal song, perhaps accompanied by a beautiful gothic design. In short, this style is very distinctive and creates a more pleasing visual effect than other, simpler styles.

In conclusion

Have you decided on the lettering style for your affordable custom T-shirts ? If you have any further questions, feel free to chat with us: our operators will be happy to assist you! Don't wait any longer: print your T-shirts now at burger-print.nl !