Editing Letter Lovers

[[File:Variegated.jpg|300px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Eachday.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Ball point pens can be beautiful too.]]
[[File:Colapen.png|300px|thumb|right|Colapen. Make a great pen from a soft-drink can.]]

'''<span style="color:red;font-size:14pt;">NO CLASS ON JULY 25</span>'''

I have fallen sick and won't be able to teach class this week. I am thus determined to make next week even better!

===What===
Learn to use pen and paper for all they're worth. Make beautiful words. We'll start with basics of using a pen, exercises in making marks on the page, and introductions to forms of italic and blackletter. In later classes we'll make our own [http://www.popcanpen.com/how_to/howto_make%20_pen.html cola pens], 3D print letters, or laser-cut a letterpress font. Would you like to help design a NoiseBridge font?
====What to bring====
Recommended, but not required:
* An phone/mp3/music player, headphones, and a few of your favorite songs
* A ball point pen and blank printer paper
* Any calligraphy pen, markers, ink you already have
* Clothes that you don't mind getting a little ink on, a smock, or a very steady hand.
I will have some pens and paper too, so don't sweat it if you come last minute.

===When===
Thursday Evenings at 7:00pm. 

We are just getting started, so if this doesn't work for you, please [http://wanderingstan.com/contact contact me]. Sunday afternoons were another possibility.

There will be '''no class on Aug 15th''' as it's [[Five Minutes of Fame]])

===Where===
Church classroom at Noisebridge

2169 Mission St., San Francisco, 94114 (at 18th St., near 16th St. BART station). 

First time visitors should read this for getting in: [[Getting Here | Explicit directions and how to get inside]]

===Cost===
Instruction is free! 

And the materials are almost free--it's a myth that you need expensive tools to make beautiful letters. We'll learn how to do it even with a ball-point pen and paper. (Many banks provide such pens for free. :) However, use of traditional pens will also be covered, and a few will be available for loan during the class.

===Instructor===
[[User:wanderingstan|Stan James]], a longtime letter lover, current refugee from the startup world.