Introduction to Designing with Letters

Overview

“Translating the sketch into a digital platform to apply fonts and create the composition. For this lesson you will need to scan or photograph your sketch to then place it in a vector-based software such as Adobe Illustrator, or similar. ”

In this video lesson Abraham Lule addresses the topic: From Paper to Screen, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Designing with Letters. Explore the concepts and principles of typography to create inspiring designs.

Partial transcription of the video

“From Paper to Screen Now that we've finished our sketch, in this lesson we'll move it to the computer. Once our sketch is done, we'll translate it to the digital space. I'm going to use Illustrator, but you might not have Illustrator or you prefer other vector software. I don't think that there is a lot of differences so feel free to do so. I'm going to start here, clicking Command + N, I'll create a new document. You'll see here, I have already placed my format, 1920 x 1080 on a horizontal orientation. And at the moment I won't mess with any of what is saved here. I'll just do it by defaul...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Designing with Letters

• Level: Beginner
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• 1117 students
• 5 units
• 19 lessons (2h 13m)
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• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography, Design

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator

• Areas

  Branding & Identity, Typography, Typography Design, Web Design