Typography Concepts for the Screen

Text column

A course by Gemma Busquets , Designer

100% positive reviews (144)

2,487 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Text column

Overview

“We will see some basic recommendations and define a comfortable column width to read and appropriate to the typeface we have chosen for our project. ”

In this video lesson Gemma Busquets addresses the topic: Text column, 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 4 The text column In this lesson we will see some basic recommendations to define our column width and we will work on the text column of our project. Let's see it. The width of the text box is related with the body and with the spacing. So if we adjust one of these parameters, In most cases, the other two will also be affected and they must change. We consider that the width of the box is comfortable to read when it has about 66 characters. If this space is too narrow, The user will have to jump from line to line many times. If t...”

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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.