Basic Principles of Typographic Design
Design of lowercase letters of the third group or triangular letters
A course by Latinotype , Typographic designers
About the video: Design of lowercase letters of the third group or triangular letters
Overview
“Once the characters of the second group are designed, we will continue with the development of the letters of the third group based on the letter v. Letters w, x, k, and.”
In this video lesson Latinotype addresses the topic: Design of lowercase letters of the third group or triangular letters, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basic Principles of Typographic Design. Learn to create your own modular alphabet with Adobe Illustrator.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now we will see the characters based on the letter V that correspond to the group of triangular letters. The last group corresponding to the triangular letters like v, we'll see what comes out of this letter, such as w, x, y, z and k. We duplicate the v and then we duplicate again. Here we have two options, one is to leave two v pasted or overlap a little. This will mainly influence in aesthetics. In this case we leave it overlapping. Now we build the x, for that we test With these modules, remember that we modify them a little so that they were not so wide. What we will do now is to double...”
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Course summary for: Basic Principles of Typographic Design
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Advertising, Design, Graphic Design, Typography, Typography Design

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Latinotype, founded by Luciano Vergara and Daniel Hernández, is the first typesetting foundry in Chile. Founded in 2011, today has a team of design, management and marketing team formed by professionals from different parts of the world, in addition to a score of national and international partners. With more than 8 years of experience, today they are leaders in the retail market, developing projects used by major brands worldwide.
You can find his work in international publications such as Yearbook of Type, from Germany; Character Latino, of Spain; Design magazine UC or Slanted magazine, among others. In addition, they have given workshops and talks in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala and Uruguay.
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