Basic Principles of Typographic Design
Design of letters derived from TIME, and the rest of the capital letters (part II)
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About the video: Design of letters derived from TIME, and the rest of the capital letters (part II)
Overview
“Continuation of the previous lesson.”
In this video lesson Latinotype addresses the topic: Design of letters derived from TIME, and the rest of the capital letters (part II), 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
“We missed a letter derived from the diagonals, we will take a diagonal and we will try to make the X. We are going to double this diagonal and we are going to rotate it, with the O + Shift and move it to the side and it is doubled. And to reflect, we have to cross the two diagonals and we get the X. In addition, we will use the crossbar of the E to cross at the same height and that way, the counterform upper is a little smaller than the lower. The only problem we have here is that the X remained very condensed, seems the width of the lowercase, It must be wider to match the capital letters....”
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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
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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