Illustrator CC Typography
Pluralsight
Course Summary
From Logo design, illustrations, posters, and more, making text legible and inviting is the art and science of typography. This course covers the skills needed to create and style beautiful typography in all your Illustrator drawings and documents. Software required: Adobe Illustrator CC.
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Course Description
From logo design to illustration, from posters to signage, from brochures to menus, your text is meant to be read, to convey a message. It can't do that if it isn't legible, readable, and well styled. Achieving these results is the art of typography. In this course, Illustrator CC Typography, you will learn not only the hows, but also the whys and whens of typography. First, you'll learn all about Illustrator's precision type controls and the ways to use them to create intricately-styled short type objects and highly readable, perfectly adjusted paragraphs of text. Next, you'll learn about the methods and rules for setting and perfecting typography in Illustrator, from single words and glyphs used in logo designs and posters, to complete threaded stories that span multiple artboards in brochures, menus, and more. Finally, you'll learn about formatting text and working with styles; meticulous adjustment of kerning, tracking, scaling, shifting baselines, and more. By the end of this course, you'll not only have the skills to set perfect type, but also the confidence and understanding to make the right typesetting decisions again and again, in every one of your designs. Software required: Adobe Illustrator CC.
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Course Syllabus
Course Overview- 2m 41s
—Course Overview 2m 41sWorking with Type in Illustrator- 57m 52s
—Overview 2m 57s
—Changing Type Formatting in Four Places 1m 45s
—Changing Type Preferences 2m 12s
—Using Type Control Keyboard Shortcuts 6m 36s
—Previewing and Choosing Fonts 4m 30s
—Defining Legibility Versus Readability 9m 20s
—Defining the Word "Glyph" 3m 14s
—Showing Hidden Characters 3m 37s
—Replacing Missing or Undesired Fonts 4m 56s
—Adding Fonts from TypeKit 3m 23s
—Installing Fonts on MacOS 1m 2s
—Installing Fonts on Windows 0m 50s
—Installing Fonts Only for Illustrator 1m 20s
—Finding Substituted Glyphs 4m 0s
—Handling Legacy Text 2m 35s
—Understanding Anti-aliasing Methods 5m 29sWorking with Short Text- 43m 18sWorking with Paragraphs of Text- 1h 18mAdjusting Type- 48m 5sPerfecting Typography- 1h 3mWorking with Styles- 39m 32sWorking with Asian and Indic Type- 50m 18s