Basic Principles of Typographic Design
Design of capital letters AHO
A course by Latinotype , Typographic designers
About the video: Design of capital letters AHO
Overview
“We will design three of the letters that deliver the DNA to our alphabet, the H of the group of squares, the A of the triangular group, with which we will define the width and proportion of the diagonal letters, and the O of the group of the circular ones . With these three letters, plus the R, we will perform tests with short words like NOW and simple control chains (they are repetitions of these letters). With these tests we can define the width of these letters and the proportion of our alphabet.”
In this video lesson Latinotype addresses the topic: Design of capital letters AHO, 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
“On this occasion we will work on the design of the letters A, O and H uppercase. Now let's make the letter O, let's try this curve, I think it is the most appropriate. The idea is to be very round, a circle, like the lower case, so that they are consistent each. We need to duplicate by pressing Alt, reflect, Now we select these two with Shift + Alt and we return to duplicate and let's see how we are left with this OR circular. It is very simple and will have enough consistency With the lowercase. Let's do the H, a letter that helps us a lot to handle the spacing and the rhythm of the lyrics...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
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
Latinotype
A course by Latinotype
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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