# Brush Lettering: Flourishes & Ornamentation with Laura Worthington Canonical URL: ## Overview Be sure to check out our other Brush Lettering classes on [Brush Lettering Basics](https://www.creativelive.com/courses/brush-lettering-basics-laura-worthington) and [Putting Together a Final Piece](https://www.creativelive.com/courses/brush-lettering-putting-together-a-finished-piece-laura-worthington). Lend grace and beauty to your words. Flourishes are an opportunity to loosen your grip and add a bit of personal style to your brush lettering. Join type designer Laura Worthington for this class, and you'll learn: - Different styles of flourishes per letter - Ligatures as flourishes and how to letter flourishes - Adding in ornamentation (similar to flourishes, but not attached to the letters) Enhance your brush lettering practice, and draw extra attention to your work! ## Instructors ### Laura Worthington Laura Worthington is a typeface designer from Washington State. After training and working as a graphic designer since the mid ‘90s, she turned her lifelong fascination with lettering and typography into a business, publishing her first typeface in 2010. She has since published more than 80 typefaces, and designed custom faces for Fortune 500 companies. Laura’s faces are primarily based on her own hand-lettering and calligraphy, a practice she continues to hone daily. Her typefaces are primarily for display, and often include a broad variety of ornaments, contextual alternates, and swash forms. Laura Worthington handles every aspect of a font’s creation, from concept and hand-lettering to digitization. ## Pricing **Tuition:** $29