Editorial Design: How a Book is Made
What is not text body
A course by Enric Jardí , Designer
About the video: What is not text body
Overview
“Here we will treat the common elements of all the pages of the book, which is known as "navigation elements". Also of the unique structural parts such as beginnings, endings, sections, etc.”
In this video lesson Enric Jardí addresses the topic: What is not text body, 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
“What the body text is not Hello. The main part of the text that occupies the central part of the page It is the one we already designed. Now we are going to see what the peripheral elements are like. The page number or what in modern design is known as "navigation elements". Let's see how to design them. Both in books and in any other publication, the body of text is the most important and difficult thing to design. Once solved, we can start solving other categories, but you have to distinguish well between what is part of the body and the other things as would be, for example, the titles o...”
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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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