Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography
Set of characters
A course by Oscar Guerrero Cañizares , Graphic Designer and Typography Specialist
Joined October 2014
About the video: Set of characters
Overview
“A typography is not only made up of uppercase and lowercase letters. There are a variety of glyphs that we must design so that typography is fully functional. ”
In this video lesson Oscar Guerrero Cañizares addresses the topic: Set of characters, 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
“What do you think? By this point, they will think that we are about to finish. However, define the high and low cash It is just the beginning of the process. Typefaces currently have a character set which, at a minimum, will have 256 glyphs per typeface, but it depends on the characteristics of the project, If it is typeface for body text, if it’s one for a degree or if it’s a family, which in addition to containing the 256 characters, It contains other typefaces part of the family group. It is important that before continuing to complement the set, Let's understand the particular functions...”
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Course summary for: Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
Digital Design, Typography, Typography Design

Oscar Guerrero Cañizares
A course by Oscar Guerrero Cañizares
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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