Editorial Design: How a Book is Made
Work the text in paragraphs
A course by Enric Jardí , Graphic Designer
About the video: Work the text in paragraphs
Overview
“We will consider parameters such as size, interline, word cut, etc. They are a series of factors that should be taken into account and that we can use as a checklist at the end of the process of designing a book.”
In this video lesson Enric Jardí addresses the topic: Work the text in paragraphs, 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
“Text in paragraph In this lesson and the next we are going to see a series of factors that are important to control the text: the size, the line spacing, the word cut. A whole series of elements that are interesting so that you can make a "checklist" at the time of checking if your work works or not. Remember that we are working with the body of text, which is the most regular and massive part of the book, but that in addition to this category we have others. When you have designed the text, remember that you cannot transfer categories from one to another. These categories as titles need sp...”
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Course summary for: Editorial Design: How a Book is Made
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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 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 served as president of the Asociación de Directores de Arte y Diseñadores Gráficos ADG-FAD for several years and has received multiple awards for his design work, including a European Design Award, a Laus, a D&AD Award, a Malofiej for infographics, and the Premio Nacional de Cultura design prize from the Autonomous Government of Catalonia.
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