Hey guys today, I'm showing you 17 header ideas that work really well for notes and bullet journaling
This first one is a variation on the classic faux calligrapghy
I'll link my guide to it in the cards, but basically you write in cursive
Like this and then normally after you trace the down strokes as I'm doing right now
You would color them in but for this header style just leave them white
This one is very similar to and built on the previous one so first you would do that same
faux calligrapghy without filling in the down strokes part
Then take a colored marker and fill in those down stroke areas
For this style you would be writing in cursive
But add a straight line like a really long line
However long you want on either side and write without much change in the base line so no bouncing up and down
This one is really basic and simple
you just make a colored block using a highlighter or marker and
Then write whatever you need to write in white pen which looks pretty cool in my opinion
But if you don't have a white pen you can use a black pen. It works. Just as well
This one is also pretty simple just take a marker
preferably in a different color or bolder than most of the rest of your text so that it stands out
and write in capital letters
You can also change up the way your handwriting looks so one of my favorite handwriting fonts is
To write in capital letters, but really tall and thin and with wide spacing
This one takes a bit of effort to learn I'll link my beginners guide to brush lettering in the cards
this header style is basically just
calligraphy and
Here, I'm showing three different styles of calligraphy that I like to use
For this calligraphy I recommend using a bold and colorful and dark brush pen
Because we are going to be adding white accents in the letters
I'm showing a couple of different ideas so each letter has a different white accent design
But I would recommend using the same design for the whole board
This one is calligraphy with a 3d effect
So I would recommend using a bold brush pen that's colorful, but a light color
After you've written the word
Use a thin black brush pen and add in the thicker parts of the drop shadow
You could also use a black pen and just double up
So the way to know where to make it thicker is to imagine you have the same word
but shifted slightly to the right and slightly down and
Wherever those portions of the drop down part would show through that's where you add the thicker shadow
Then use a regular black pen or you can use the brush pen but don't press down
to trace the rest of the word
if you want me to do a reference sheet for this font. Let me know in the comments
This one uses about the same process as the 3d calligraphy one that I did previously
But this one you'll use a highlighter or marker to do block letters as your title
Then use the black brush pen black pen or whatever writing utensil
You're using to add the drop shadow and outline in the same way that the calligraphy one was done
For this style use a black pen and write out some calligraphy
Then use a colored marker and add a drop shadow
Using that same technique that I mentioned for the last style of shifting it down and coloring in the spots
This style I use for my notes
And it's really simple you just write out whatever you need to write out and then use a highlighter and put
bars on each side
For the style first write out whatever you want to write
I like to make it look bouncy by making it round and moving them up and down and
Then doodle little sparkles on either side
This one is fairly drawing based, but trust me
it's super easy to do so first write out your title I like to do it in a pretty short font and
Then this first banner style is the most basic
I'm pretty bad at explaining so you can just look at it and follow along
These next two are a little more complicated, but if you follow along with the video and practice a bit
They should be looking great in no time
This third one is meant to be used with something that already has a box like a margin or a planning box
You don't need to draw in the box
The style is meant to imitate slab serif fonts and serifs refer to the little caps on the ends of the letters
you can Google slab serif fonts to see where you should make the letters thicker and
Just add straight lines to the ends of the letters
This is the style that I used in my January bullet journal setup
So first you would take a light colored marker or brush pen and write out the word in thick letters
Then use a black pen and draw the outline of the letters
It's as if you're tracing them for block lettering, but you're shifting them slightly to the left and up
For this style start out by writing your word in a marker or a highlighter
Then use a black pen and write in cursive on top of the block letters
For this one start out by writing in capital letters with a round tip marker and
Move the letters up and down in a wavy sort of pattern
Then use a black pen and just outline the letters
This last one is probably the most complicated
And you'll need three different colors of brush pens so start out with the lightest color and write out your word
Then use the middle color and color in the top two-thirds of the word
And lastly use the darkest color for the top one-third
I hope you found this video inspiring and let me know if you want alphabet reference sheets for any of these styles
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See you next time!