Microtypography: Basics of Typographical Composition

Overview

“Sometimes, it is necessary to make adjustments in the prose or space between the characters that make up a word. In this lesson, I will show you different strategies that, in my opinion, are not ideal and I will close with a simple method to correctly adjust a word. ”

In this video lesson David Kimura addresses the topic: Space between characters, 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 of the space between characters. In the Latin alphabet the idea is that the spaces between the characters are quite homogeneous. So when we have a paragraph, the stain or the gray that generates us be as uniform as possible. We're going to talk about, well, different systems. I'm going to talk to you, in fact, of the systems that I know do not work and I have seen that several students put into practice and I am going to explain to you what is the best method that I know. We will also talk about the relationship between character spacing and the b...”

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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