How to Choose Fonts
Readability: uppercase and lowercase
A course by Enric Jardí , Designer
About the video: Readability: uppercase and lowercase
Overview
“In this lesson, you will see how using common sense, you can get great readability.”
In this video lesson Enric Jardí addresses the topic: Readability: uppercase and lowercase, which is part of the Domestika online course: How to Choose Fonts. Discover what each type of font tells us and how to choose the right one for your project.
Partial transcription of the video
“Readability, upper and lower case Just for working with typography, that is, with letters already made, in principle readability is less of an issue. If the letters read well, when we put them they will read well. Even so, there are some letters that read better than others. Let's see where we can find these problems. Of the fonts that we have, most of them, as long as they are reasonably shaped, they all read the same. Don't worry about whether one reads better than the other. In general, they all work the same. Even so, you will find letters with special characteristics. For example, such...”
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Course summary for: How to Choose Fonts
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Areas
Art Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Information Design, Web Design
Enric Jardí
A course by Enric Jardí
Enric Jardí is a graphic designer who loves letters and typography. He's worked in many fields throughout his career, but has mainly focused on editorial design, art direction, book covers, corporate identity, typography, and illustration.
He is passionate about lettering and typography. He has published several books, including Veintidós consejos sobre tipografía (que algunos diseñadores jamás revelarán) y veintidós cosas que nunca debes hacer con las letras (que algunos tipógrafos nunca te dirán) and Pensar con imágenes, which have both been translated into several other languages.
Enric combines his professional career with teaching at multiple academic centers such as the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Blanquerna foundation, the Universitat Ramon Llull in Barcelona, ELISAVA, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, the University of Lapland in Finland, and IDEP Barcelona.
He was president of the Association of Art Directors and Graphic Designers ADG-FAD for several years and has received several awards for his professional work in the field of design, including: a European Design Award, a Laus, a D&AD Award, and a Malofiej for infographics and the National Culture Award in the design category, granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
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