Typography Concepts for the Screen

Typography Size

A course by Gemma Busquets , Designer

100% positive reviews (144)

2,487 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Typography Size

Overview

“The size of the typography is a key aspect for the texts to be read well. I will show you the recommendations for screen size, depending on the device (computer, tablet or smartphone). We will see the differences between measuring the typography in relative or absolute values and we will go deeper into the most used units of measurement: pixels and rems. ”

In this video lesson Gemma Busquets addresses the topic: Typography Size, 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 4: Composition Lesson 1 Typography Size The size of the typography in digital formats is different from that of paper. In addition, this is a key aspect for our texts to read well. In this lesson, I will teach you reference values that you can use For different devices. Let's see how. When we work on paper we usually use the dots as a measurement system and, as you know, this is not an exact system and we can have fonts that look bigger than others even if they have the same points. When we work with screen typography, the same thing happens. There are...”

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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.