Fonts: Build your Word
Basic forms
A course by Glíglifo , Graphic designers specialized in typefaces
Design a font with the double pencil technique
- Spanish with subtitles in English
- 96% positive reviews (51)
- 1157 students
About the video: Basic forms
Overview
“Basic geometric structures of the letter from the square, the circle and the triangle.”
In this video lesson Glíglifo addresses the topic: Basic forms, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fonts: Build your Word. Design a font with the double pencil technique.
Partial transcription of the video
“(Music) Well, as we have seen in the previous unit We've seen a bit of what exercise is about and the bibliography that you will surely have read. As you have read it, let's summarize the basic theory a bit that you already know it, but, well just in case to strengthen. You will have this 4 lessons The first is about basic forms The second on optical effects The third on spacing And the fourth on readability and readability. With this we see a little the global concept of of typography theory, okay? We start with the basic forms to understand a little where the letters come from That in the...”
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Course summary for: Fonts: Build your Word
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs -
Areas
Graphic Design, Typography, Typography Design
Damià Rotger Miró, (Ferreries, Menorca, 1981) is a graphic designer specialized in typography design. Their types can be purchased at the independent digital foundry Ductile . Diploma in Graphic Design in Palma de Mallorca, postgraduate in Corporate Identity in Elisava (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and Typography «from the creation of the Letter to the Maquetación» in Eina (Autonomous University of Barcelona). He is a professor of typography and editorial design at the Edib school in Palma de Mallorca, organizer of Glíglifo, member of Lletraferits, teaches workshops and conferences on typography and editorial design throughout Spain, is a pioneer in the teaching of typography in the Balearic Islands and is a founding partner of the Dúctil study. He has been a jury in different competitions and his works have been awarded and exhibited all over the world.
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Pedro Arilla (Ejea de los Caballeros, Zaragoza, 1984). Graphic designer specialized in typography design. Their types can be purchased in the independent digital foundry pedroarilla.com . Diploma in Graphic Design by the Higher School of Design of Aragón, author and speaker of the blog and podcast on typography Don [url=http://donserifa.com/] , member of ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale), Some tough guys and Lletraferits, organizer of Glíglifo, disseminator of typography through articles in blogs and magazines and workshops and conferences throughout Spain, speaker of the podcast on design Losing the forms and founding partner of Detalier estudio creativo.
- 96% positive reviews (51)
- 1157 students
- 18 lessons (2h 8m)
- 8 additional resources (5 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish, English, Portuguese
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
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