Typography Critique Week 2 - Two Weights, One Point Size

- What does heiarchy mean? What is the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd read? The darkest element stands out first.
- How you can differentiate heiarchy?.
- Ask yourself these questions when you’re designing.
- Digital Hygiene.
- Stop designing on an axis in the beginning.
- Milka encourages her students to do “bad work”. Make as many mistakes as possible so you can learn the most from the mistakes. .
- When you make your type thin and transparent it’ll fall apart when it comes to print.
- Use small, medium, and big spacing*.
- Justifying left and rag right.
- Never break up someone’s name.
- You have to be able to try and make mistakes.
- Avoid the piano effect.
- The staircase effect.
- How Chris would solve a problem with the black background.
- The different ways you can use lists*.
- Have your elements communicate together.
- View your design as a modern home with open space.
- Milka’s advice for soaking up design.
- How do you fix rag**.
- How do you balance great design while trying to keep it interesting.
- How do you keep it legible?*.
- How do you work on an angle to make it more dynamic?.