Typography Concepts for the Screen

Influences

A course by Gemma Busquets , Designer

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2,487 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Influences

Overview

“I will show you some books on paper and digital that will help you to expand information to work with screen typography. ”

In this video lesson Gemma Busquets addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Typography Concepts for the Screen. Learn to work and choose the perfect typography for any digital project.

Partial transcription of the video

“Introduction to screen typography Unit 1: Introduction Lesson 2 Influences In this lesson I will talk about my reference books. We started with "On Web Typography" by Jason Santa Maria, It is a book very oriented to typography for web and I find it very interesting, especially chapter 5, where he talks about typography systems. He speaks to us from the size of the typography, and why on screen we have to work with typography to a body larger than paper, it even speaks of blanks. It is a more or less intermediate book for someone who already knows a little about CCS and web design, but it wi...”

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Course summary for: Typography Concepts for the Screen

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (144)
2487 students
5 units
23 lessons (2h 23m)
3 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography
Areas
Information Design, Typography

Gemma Busquets

A course by Gemma Busquets

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Designer

Gemma Busquets is a freelance graphic designer and art director based in Barcelona, Spain with more than 10 years of experience. Throughout her career, she has had the opportunity to collaborate with major brands such as Dell, Novartis, San Miguel, HuffPost, Coca-Cola, Nike, Rosetta Stone, Peugeot, InfoJobs, and Puig, among others. She has also been a judge at the ADG Laus Awards for Graphic Design and Visual Communication, specifically evaluating projects in the digital category.

She currently combines her work with teaching at the BAU, Barcelona University Design Center, Spain, as art director of the final projects in the Postgraduate Program in Digital Editions, and professor in the Master's in Infographics and Data Visualization, which she also directs and coordinates.