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How I learn to animate lettering

Maybe I owe it all to Instagram. If the algorithm hadn’t started favoring videos, moving pictures wouldn’t have interested me at all. But then I saw more and more lettering animations – and I wanted to be able to do that, too.

Chris Campe – Lettering über Rückenschmerzen, Rückenzentrum am Michel, 2022

A Pain in the Back

People often say to me: »Things seem to be going really well for you!« and to maintain this impression at all costs, I usually leave my problems out of this Anyway, the fact that I have had back pain for two years is really too
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Shame Parade

Pride. I never got it. I am not proud of being queer. Just like I’m not proud of being white or being German. Why be proud of something that isn’t my choice?

Regale mit Archivkisten von Chris Campe

How to Archive Your Lettering

For a long time I drew on paper out of principle, but after more than ten years as an illustrator and designer I no longer knew where to put all the work. What should I throw out, what should I keep? I decided to create a proper archive.

Die besten Letteringbücher von früher – Buchtipps von Chris Campe

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Vintage Lettering-Books

Lettering hasn’t just been around since yesterday, and old books often explain the basics of lettering design more clearly than today’s. These are five vintage books I always have on hand.