Editorial Design: How a Book is Made
Final adjustment of texture I
A course by Enric Jardí , Designer
About the video: Final adjustment of texture I
Overview
“This is the lesson of the final adjustments. The partition and justification - or "pe and jotas" - and also widows and orphans. All these are fine adjustments on the general appearance of the text.”
In this video lesson Enric Jardí addresses the topic: Final adjustment of texture I, 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
“Final texture adjustment / 1 Hello. Now we are going to go into a part of the text design which is more sophisticated. Maybe things like the P sound to you, widows and orphans. This is the fine design part of the paragraph with which we are going to finish the part of shaping the body of the text. Let's see how it works. When we justify the text, that is, when we make the letters go from end to end of the column, we alter the natural space of letters, therefore we have to control in some way that the texture of the entire column is as regular as possible. To control this part, we will enter...”
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Course summary for: Editorial Design: How a Book is Made
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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.
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