Typography Design: Digitize Your Handwriting
How to install the font and test it 2
A course by Cristóbal Henestrosa , Graphic Designer
Joined July 2019
Joined July 2019
About the video: How to install the font and test it 2
Overview
“Let us now turn to spacing problems. I will explain how to detect them and what processes to follow to fix them. I also recommend that you check the spacing in printed text, as it is easier to spot spacing problems this way.”
In this video lesson Cristóbal Henestrosa addresses the topic: How to install the font and test it 2, 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
“How to install the font and test it Let's focus on spacing issues. This file is used more or less like this. You start to read the text and where you find some unwanted hole, for example, maybe here in ZU, you can enclose it in a circle. I recommend that you do this in print and not on screen. The truth is that on screen everything looks very nice. But for the meantime right now for practical purposes I'll do it here on the screen. maybe GF. Finish the first line and I return now in the second line. So with each of the lines, if you can, candles reading aloud until you finish the text. Once...”
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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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