Adobe InDesign for Beginners
Course 2: Typography: Scaling Type
By Jamie Sanchez Hearn , Graphic Designer and Lecturer
Joined February 2020
Joined February 2020
About the video: Scaling Type
Overview
“I will explain how type can be changed in scale, and how point sizes and millimeters are referred to. I will explain the best techniques to achieve a successful scale when working with letters, words, and sentences.”
In this video lesson Jamie Sanchez Hearn addresses the topic: Scaling Type, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 2: Typography. Learn how to use typography effectively..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we will look at how we can scale type with reference to point size and millimetres. This will demonstrate techniques for successfully scaling letters, words and sentences. So let's begin. When working with type, we are able to control the size through applying a point size. However, we may wish to increase the scale of a piece of type dramatically, and we need a quick way to do this. Therefore, we can use InDesign's scaling tool. Another example might be where different point sizes are present within a type composition and we can instead of individually changing the point si...”
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Course summary for: Course 2: Typography
Jamie Sanchez Hearn
By Jamie Sanchez Hearn
Jamie Sanchez Hearn is an English graphic designer and lecturer with over ten years of experience in the field. He has worked for creative agencies such as Pentagram, Johnson Banks, Paper Dog, and Landor Associates.
In parallel to working with agencies, he has been teaching at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London for over eight years. Jamie has lectured on a variety of Saint Martin’s undergraduate courses including BA Graphic Communication Design and BA Fashion Journalism. He teaches short courses in Graphic Design for Beginners, Typography and InDesign. Jamie is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.
His specialty and most passionate work lie in creating and teaching in the disciplines of Typography, Branding, and Editorial Design. He enjoys sharing the curiosity for how Art and Design can collectively improve our everyday lives.
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