Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography

High box systematization I

A course by Oscar Guerrero Cañizares , Graphic Designer and Typography Specialist

Graphic Designer and Typography Specialist. Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Joined October 2014
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794 students
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About the video: High box systematization I

Overview

“Once the first version of the low-case letters has been developed, it is time to draw the uppercase letters. They have a much more structured form and in this lesson we will learn more about them. ”

In this video lesson Oscar Guerrero Cañizares addresses the topic: High box systematization I, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography. Learn the typographic revival method to give a new digital life to ancient fonts.

Partial transcription of the video

“We already saw how the drawing and the lowercase letters, 's time to work with capital letters. These two boxes, as we have already seen, appeared in two different historical periods. Let's look at these point features of the tall box. In this lesson we will try to understand how we will adapt the forms that we generate in the lowercase letters, for the construction of the high box. It's quite a big challenge because, when we saw proportions, in the history of the writing, the capitals were before the lowercase, and then they were added in a alphabet. That integration factor is the most com...”

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Course summary for: Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (34)
  • 794 students
  • 4 units
  • 22 lessons (3h 28m)
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    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Areas

    Digital Design, Typography, Typography Design

Oscar Guerrero Cañizares

Oscar Guerrero Cañizares
A course by Oscar Guerrero Cañizares

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Graphic Designer and Typography Specialist

Colombian graphic designer and specialist in graduate typography design from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). He is currently working as an independent designer in his studio Sumotype Foundry, where he develops typography projects and lettering .

He has participated as a jury for Colombia in the Bienal Tipos Latinos 2016 and has received recognitions such as the Steel Pencil Award in Colombia (2007 and 2014) and the Communication Arts Award 2016, as well as participating in the Latinamerican Biennial of Latin Types 2014 Typography and the Iberoamerican Design Biennial 2014.


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Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Oscar Guerrero Cañizares

Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography

A course by Oscar Guerrero Cañizares
Graphic Designer and Typography Specialist. Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Joined October 2014
  • 100% positive reviews (34)
  • 794 students