R O M A N C A P I T A L S
Each letter starting from R to S is drafted in animation.
Reference: A Constructed Roman Alphabet by David Lance Goines
Through this book, I studied how Roman alphabets can be drawn through
technical drafting. Only vectors were used in the motion.
Same 9x9 grid system was used in both
technical drafting and motion graphics.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bbaf22f6fbf54562e3892cefb9ba77fff90ed1588f315782b77f3d12b0ffc2f/bookcover.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b66b3ac888635bdc5f80550ff00812b801a35c12e276f437472e13421165c692/ROmancapS.png)
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Technical Hand Drafting of Roman Capital letters
9x9 inches grid paper / pencil / sharpies;
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0427d5beb943dd934faa2c42d734f4971db071cfd457fd132c301da6bccaafe8/R.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd090ae73beaf725d7864ca9a692576f42d8241f37d827047f0fa27736abd357/R1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3429b01f00fe17a86b1cb2d98e8e49b35f2426095a128c0e7b534c2cc5cb0cb9/S.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/504d87fab18b8c40e374ba3dfdd695862042b3f1f01b5186d27d3271ff39b98f/img024.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84f1b1081066703ee3513d057afb0f8ef4dea0190d751911c08fdf1c4199187a/img014.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83f2d752f4fc6fa7be677c1fa1e9aa114b7ebec50f6501e20667aaca4f167fa3/img016.jpg)
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a05500361ee3346ce454dcbab30b89e34a1a37cb1171fcce2dbff3faafc6241/img009.jpg)
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Translating Roman Capital C grid into motion vectors
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac0d8660e1fe17e23dff2f12cdd88177846d28deddf8ac6788487c53a53edb34/S61002_Process-Image3-copy.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cb78d3ef08de81658d5a1a8765f34f513daf4047c3c22ddb8bc8979858b0f44/S61002_Thumb-Image3.jpg)
Experimenting with colors and saturation
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18f663bc251b94affabb0667d0cb48d57e91f3846e832105599b458814e5280c/S-1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/124514968f002f7e4f370628e43f8e50387053962f112b679acbe66fba7cc9d0/PPPPimg019.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fffa6d26409a8589b7133d42a07e0e780525968ea149778309360ae5d47ccf2/BBBimg024.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52b8bb1e90bcb9c103a453ec803e453e8a49931a2c3184f331a6d827a1438460/Rcolors.png)
ROMAN CAPITALS translated into vectors
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e8a32a195d88f66cca28ae7f8be3e2c8ca7be17c26f8eaa1bb22890685561f7/template-vectors-roman-cap.png)
Roman Capitals / Edmund Lee
from Edmund Lee
Roman Capitals Drafting
40 seconds with audio