Beginner's Guide to Typography
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Course Summary
In this collection of lessons we will give you an introductory look into type inside Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Software required: Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, and InDesign CS5 and up..
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Course Description
In this collection of lessons we will give you an introductory look into type inside Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. We will start off by covering some typographic software similarities between Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. We will then take a moment to learn some terminology and basic letterform anatomy. After that, you will learn how and why to adjust the spacing between both letters and lines of type. And to wrap up this project, we will look into some paragraph formatting options available to us in all three applications. This series of step-by-step videos were developed with artists new to typographic principles in mind so we will be moving at a steady, easy-to-follow pace making sure you understand terms and basic techniques. Software required: Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, and InDesign CS5 and up. Software required: Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, and InDesign CS5 and up..
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Course Syllabus
Introduction and Project Overview- 1m 26s
—Introduction and Project Overview 1m 26sBeginner's Guide to Typography- 1h 6m
—Software Typographic Similarities 9m 41s
—Basic Type Terminology 10m 1s
—Letterform Anatomy 6m 26s
—Adjusting Spacing with Tracking and Kerning 10m 54s
—Adjusting Spacing with Leading 7m 23s
—Measuring and Conveying Type Sizes 8m 0s
—Paragraph Formatting 9m 31s
—Final Thoughts on Type 4m 17s