Least Favourite Letters

As much as I love hand lettering, there are always some letters that I always have trouble writing in a way that looks cohesive and aesthetic.

My least favourite letters to write are; F P X V.

Sometimes I try to avoid words that have those letters but I am going to challenge myself to practice writing these letters. I realised that I can’t just reject projects because they’re going to ask me to use words with a specific letter that I don’t enjoy writing. Hypothetically if Facebook needed hand lettering, I can’t just say sorry I don’t want to write F words.

Here are some sketches showing how I have been trying to make friends with these letters. It’s safe to say that I definitely dislike writing them a lot less. As with everything, you need to practice in order to understand and appreciate it. Does anyone else have letters they dislike using?

— Sylvia.