Editorial Design: How a Book is Made
Choice of the letter
A course by Enric Jardí , Designer
About the video: Choice of the letter
Overview
“We are going to fill the content text box. The first thing we will do is choose a letter. Let's see what you should keep in mind.”
In this video lesson Enric Jardí addresses the topic: Choice of the letter, which is part of the Domestika online course: Editorial Design: How a Book is Made. Learn to format a text with clarity, hierarchy, and beauty.
Partial transcription of the video
“Choice of lyrics Once we have the text box, we are going to choose a letter to make it work for us in our book. When we start designing, we almost always start with a choice of lyrics. We are going to have to choose a font or a family to be able to make our book. We are still talking about the gut, about what happens inside the book, the letter we choose inside it does not have to be related to the lid or cover. Remember that the lid is a wrapper so there we can have another letter. What happens is that perhaps it would not be bad if there is some correspondence, not just between cover and ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Editorial Design: How a Book is Made
-
Category
Design -
Software
Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Typography
Enric Jardí
A course by Enric Jardí
Enric Jardí is a graphic designer who loves letters and typography. He's worked in many fields throughout his career, but has mainly focused on editorial design, art direction, book covers, corporate identity, typography, and illustration.
He is passionate about lettering and typography. He has published several books, including Veintidós consejos sobre tipografía (que algunos diseñadores jamás revelarán) y veintidós cosas que nunca debes hacer con las letras (que algunos tipógrafos nunca te dirán) and Pensar con imágenes, which have both been translated into several other languages.
Enric combines his professional career with teaching at multiple academic centers such as the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Blanquerna foundation, the Universitat Ramon Llull in Barcelona, ELISAVA, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, the University of Lapland in Finland, and IDEP Barcelona.
He was president of the Association of Art Directors and Graphic Designers ADG-FAD for several years and has received several awards for his professional work in the field of design, including: a European Design Award, a Laus, a D&AD Award, and a Malofiej for infographics and the National Culture Award in the design category, granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
- 98% positive reviews (664)
- 16,348 students
- 18 lessons (4h 16m)
- 6 additional resources (0 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Adobe InDesign
