Microtypography: Basics of Typographical Composition

Overview

“Ortotipography is a very important subject. Here I will talk about some of the most basic and frequent orthotypographic rules in many texts: scripts, figures, small caps and quotes.”

In this video lesson David Kimura addresses the topic: Fundamental orthotypography, 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 orthotypography, a very vast topic and very interesting, and that is the subject of many discussions very hot I will concentrate on the most fundamental issues of this topic. Those that no designer can live without. The orthotypography It is the discipline that deals with the correct use of typographic characters. Here I will focus in some of the rules most basic orthotypographic. The use of hyphens, figures, Small caps and quotes. All of them very frequently used in a large number of texts. Although the orthotypography It is based on deepl...”

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Course summary for: Microtypography: Basics of Typographical Composition

• Level: Beginner
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• 4582 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (2h 19m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Software

  Adobe InDesign

• Areas

  Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Typography