Basic Principles of Typographic Design
Design of letters derived from TIME, and the rest of the capital letters (part I)
A course by Latinotype , Typographic designers
About the video: Design of letters derived from TIME, and the rest of the capital letters (part I)
Overview
“Mixing these letters we will obtain great part of the alphabet, with the H we can easily obtain the E, F, T, I, L, with the O, the C and the Q, from the A, V and W, and with the R we get P, B and K. Almost all the alphabet, from here on, is obtained by mixing the different characteristics of the letters we have already designed. Again, it's a good time to test our letters with simple words.”
In this video lesson Latinotype addresses the topic: Design of letters derived from TIME, and the rest of the capital letters (part I), 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
“From here on it is like a game, we take the designed letters and see what other letters They can derive from each of them. Now we are going to make letters from the H, let's see what square or rectangular letters With this H we can get. It is very simple, we are going to eliminate the lowercase letters that were here to try, we will be doing everything that derives from H. One I, we delete the crossbar and one of the vertical antlers, a very simple I. We can make options the same, for example, sometimes a small serif is made to the I to differentiate it from the L, we will leave it and in t...”
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Course summary for: Basic Principles of Typographic Design
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
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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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