Typography Design: Digitize Your Handwriting
Analysis of your letter
A course by Cristóbal Henestrosa , Graphic Designer
Joined July 2019
Joined July 2019
About the video: Analysis of your letter
Overview
“Now, I'll help you decide if, in its current state, you can make a typeface with your handwriting, or if, on the contrary, it requires some previous improvements.”
In this video lesson Cristóbal Henestrosa addresses the topic: Analysis of your letter, which is part of the Domestika online course: Typography Design: Digitize Your Handwriting. Discover how to turn your handwriting into a unique digital typeface that adds character and personal style to your writing pieces.
Partial transcription of the video
“Analysis of your letter Since this is most likely your first approximation to typeface design, I would like to give you some advice about how it would be nice if you started tracing your letters. The most important thing is that the letters do not join as in the writing we know as "script" or manuscript. They are very beautiful lyrics, but they present the difficulty that, as typography is rectangles that are joined, it is difficult for us to achieve that they all come together harmoniously. As we said, the A can have a B or a C or a Z next to it. So, that implies that they would all end up...”
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Course summary for: Typography Design: Digitize Your Handwriting
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Design, Graphic Design, Typography, Typography Design
Cristóbal Henestrosa
A course by Cristóbal Henestrosa
Cristóbal Henestrosa specializes in typography and book design. He has developed font families for clients such as the Fondo de Cultura Económica, Librerías Gandhi, and the Federal Government of Mexico, some of which have won awards from the Type Directors Club and have been selected for the Latin American typography biennial Tipos Latinos.
He is the author of Espinosa. Rescate de una tipografía novohispana (Mexico, Designio, 2005) and co-author of Cómo crear tipografías. Del boceto a la pantalla (Madrid, Tipo E, 2012), which has been translated into English, Polish, Portuguese, and Chinese. Since 2011 he has been teaching typography and type design at the Faculty of Arts and Design of the UNAM, as well as related subjects in diploma courses, specialties, and master's degrees in various institutions.
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