Lettering is the practice of drawing letters instead of writing them. That makes it its own discipline, separate from handwriting, calligraphy, and typography.
Unlike type, lettering doesn’t pull from a fixed set of pre-made characters. Most artists still keep a consistent structural logic across their custom letterforms. Fonts can get close to that hand-drawn feel, especially with OpenType features like contextual alternates, but it’s still an imitation.
Real lettering is made for one specific use: a unique, one-of-a-kind drawing of a chosen word or phrase.
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