Microtypography: Basics of Typographical Composition

Overview

“Sometimes, to solve a training problem we apply solutions that end up generating other serious problems, such as too tight or open paragraphs. In this lesson I will explain which strategies I normally apply, combining a solid programming of justified values with modifications in the prose and small adjustments of kerning .”

In this video lesson David Kimura addresses the topic: Resources to eliminate problems, 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

“Many of the solutions that designers use to solve training problems in the end can cause a lot of problem bigger than the one they are trying to solve, in this lesson I am going to explain what are the strategies and tricks that use to address these problems, we begin. Here we have a couple of paragraphs that we will use as material primacy to demonstrate what resources exist or what we have available to solve training problems, once I'm done, I'm going to analyze them, I'm going to show you how it is built we see that it does not have any adjustment of tracking and that the metric therefor...”

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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