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LinkedIn Learning

Typography: Choosing and Combining Typefaces

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Finding the right type and new releases
1. Choosing Typefaces for a Purpose
  • Using typographic personality to emphasize meaning
  • Considering historical sources to match your content
  • Using the single-font solution
  • Reaping the benefits of a super family
  • Using type as a neutral canvas
2. Combining Typefaces Effectively and Harmoniously
  • Combining typefaces based on stylistic contrasts
  • Combining typefaces that have similar anatomical proportions
  • Combining typefaces from the same foundry or designer
  • Combining typefaces based on mood or emotion
  • The rule of three typefaces: Using serif, sans serif, and slab serif
  • Mixing many typefaces and making it work
3. Creative Challenge
  • Creative challenge: Choosing typefaces for a magazine spread
  • Solutions: Choosing typefaces for a magazine spread
Conclusion
  • Developing your own eye and techniques
  • Recap: Dos and don'ts, and what's next

Taught by

Ina Saltz

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