Orthotypography for Designers
Spaces and whites in typography
A course by Raquel Marín Álvarez , Graphic designer
Joined January 2015
Joined January 2015
About the video: Spaces and whites in typography
Overview
“In typography we have several types of spaces that we must know and know how to use if we want to apply typography well.”
In this video lesson Raquel Marín Álvarez addresses the topic: Spaces and whites in typography, which is part of the Domestika online course: Orthotypography for Designers. Learn in great detail the typographical standards for the characters you design with.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] Well, many people who work with texts think that the only target that exists in typeface is the one that comes out by default when we press the space bar. That's just from the many spaces that we have. In this lesson we will see what spaces we have, how these spaces have to interspersed with signs and symbols that we have been seeing, and above all what spaces we should never use to avoid typographical disasters. Welcome to the exciting world of whites. Throughout this unit we have been talking of the typographical targets. I had not made a specific topic, because I wanted to leave ...”
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Course summary for: Orthotypography for Designers
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Software
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Areas
Branding & Identity, Design, Editorial Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design
Raquel Marín Álvarez
A course by Raquel Marín Álvarez
Raquel Marín Álvarez has a degree in Humanities and graphic designer.
After studying a master's degree in advanced typography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, she began working as a designer for various studios and publishers until in 2009 she founded Lalolagráfica.
He gives lectures and workshops on typography in art schools, master's degrees, universities, foundations and in all those places where there is an interest in writing well and issuing clear graphic messages.
She is the author of the book Ortotype for designers published in 2013 by the publisher Gustavo Gili and writes articles on typography and orthotypography for various publications.
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