Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography

Rhythm and spacing

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

Graphic Designer and Typography Specialist. Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Joined October 2014
100% positive reviews (34)
784 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Rhythm and spacing

Overview

“This, more than a parameter, is a design decision that is directly linked to the drawing of each glyph. We will learn its principles and also apply them directly to our lyrics. ”

In this video lesson Oscar Guerrero Cañizares addresses the topic: Rhythm and spacing, 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

“Hello again. We already have clear how the positive form of the letter. It's time to see the surrounding space, the negative space. This space will be determined with the rhythm and spacing. It is important that, for us to understand these factors, we understand the term harmony. Join me to talk about it. Space is an intrinsic parameter to the positive form. Care must be taken so that, when defining the values of the surrounding space, these correspond coherently with the internal counterform, color and contour drawing in positive of each letter. It is very easy to realize, when a spacing i...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (34)
  • 784 students
  • 4 units
  • 22 lessons (3h 28m)
  • 6 downloads
  • Category

    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)
  • 784 students