How to Choose Fonts
Legibility: small texts and large texts
A course by Enric Jardí , Designer
About the video: Legibility: small texts and large texts
Overview
“The comfort when choosing a typeface is a concept to take into account. In this lesson I tell you the reason.”
In this video lesson Enric Jardí addresses the topic: Legibility: small texts and large texts, 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, small text and large text In this lesson we will see the choice of type for small bodies, which is one of the critical decisions in designing for a page. We will see why books are actually the way they are and why are we so conservative when we make, for example, a classic text. That a short text can be read is important. In a long text, as would be the page of a novel or the text of the news of a newspaper, what we call body text, not only must it be legible, but it must be comfortable and ideally it should invite to be read. It should not be lazy to read it. The larger the te...”
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Course summary for: How to Choose Fonts
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
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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