Microtypography: Basics of Typographical Composition

Overview

“One of the most important decisions in any editorial project (and design in general) is typographic selection. Although it is not the main topic of the course, in this lesson I will talk about some considerations that must be kept in mind in order to successfully choose the fonts or typographic families that we will use for our projects.”

In this video lesson David Kimura addresses the topic: Typographic selection, which is part of the Domestika online course: Microtypography: Basics of Typographical Composition. Learn the basic principles of editorial design.

Partial transcription of the video

“[Music] In this lesson we are going to talk about typographic selection, It is one of the most important decisions in any project of this type, Although it is not the main topic of the course, Given its importance I did not want to leave it out, so I will address it even if only tangentially. If one makes a mistake in the selection of the font family and fonts that make it up, sooner or later we are going to end paying a bill, and this can be very high. Let's start with some of my recommendations... [Music] Many of us have asked ourselves, or we have been asked things like: how big It must ...”

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Course summary for: Microtypography: Basics of Typographical Composition

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (249)
• 4582 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (2h 19m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Software

  Adobe InDesign

• Areas

  Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Typography