Microtypography: Basics of Typographical Composition

Overview

“In this lesson I will show how to identify several of the problems that we will inevitably face during the process of forming any project: alleys, rosaries, widows, orphans, etc. ”

In this video lesson David Kimura addresses the topic: Typical problems during training, 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

“During the process of forming a text It is practically certain that we are going to face various problems. Some are open lines, closed lines, the alleys, the rosaries. In this lesson I am going to explain to you Which are the most common and how to detect them. Even having correctly defined all our typographic parameters, during the process of forming a text, it is normal and, in fact, I would say inevitable, we will encounter various problems that are not resolved automatically. Here, I show the most common ones, in this paragraph we can detect a couple of open lines, i.e. those with too l...”

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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