Guided Course: Design the typographic composition of a magazine

Macro: the typographic system 2

A guided course by Álvaro Franca , Graphic Designer and Lettering Artist

Graphic Designer and Lettering Artist. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined December 2017
15 students
Audio: Portuguese, German, English, Spanish (Latam), French, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Turkish
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About the video: Macro: the typographic system 2

Overview

“Now, you will see the most fun part, the one that we can experience the most. I will also take the opportunity to give you some tips to facilitate your work in this finalization stage. ”

In this video lesson Álvaro Franca addresses the topic: Macro: the typographic system 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Course: Design the typographic composition of a magazine. Learn how to create typographic compositions for magazines, mastering font combinations and typographic systems step by step..

Partial transcription of the video

“Now we can concentrate on the more expressive aspect. which is where you truly need to enjoy yourself and there's not much time for me to show many experiments. But I just wanted to remind you of that New York Times Magazine page. where it uses typography to tell its own story. I decided that the very scientific article was a bit... too dry. i sought something more engaging. Discovering this photograph on Unsplash was delightful. which is super colorful. super pink. I decided that my article would actually be about the application of this structural color of the African fruit. in a line of ...”

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


Course summary for: Guided Course: Design the typographic composition of a magazine

  • Level: Beginner
  • 15 students
  • 1 unit
  • 7 lessons (1h 19m)
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Software

    Adobe InDesign
  • Areas

    Color Theory, Communication, Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Information Design, Typography, Typography Design

Álvaro Franca

Álvaro Franca
A guided course by Álvaro Franca

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Graphic Designer and Lettering Artist

Álvaro Franca is a Brazilian graphic artist and an expert in typography and lettering who became fascinated with language at an early age. Álvaro holds a degree in Graphic and Industrial Design from the Rio de Janeiro State University and specialized in typography at EINA, the University School of Design and Art located in Barcelona, where he currently lives.

Since 2018. Álvaro has been working at Vasava, a multidisciplinary studio where he applies his mastery of font types to a wide range of projects, including animation, branding, editorial design, and lettering. He is also the co-founder of Naipe Foundry, a typography company that works with big-name clients like TV Globo, Sony Music and Descomplica.


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Guided Course: Design the typographic composition of a magazine. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Álvaro Franca

Guided Course: Design the typographic composition of a magazine

A guided course by Álvaro Franca
Graphic Designer and Lettering Artist. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined December 2017
  • 15 students