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Advanced Typography: Fine Tuning and Finessing

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Overview

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Master the typographic skills that are rarely taught or fully understood by design professionals from acclaimed author, educator, and type expert, Ilene Strizver.

In Advanced Typography: Fine Tuning & Finessing you will learn advanced typographic skills and aesthetics every serious designer needs to know. Ilene will share practical tips you can use to visibly improve the readability and effectiveness of your type, including:

  • How to fine-tune your type
  • Tracking and word spacing tips and tricks
  • Custom kerning
  • Working with figures and fractions
  • Text kerning

Professional typography sets your designs apart, while attracting and holding your audience’s attention. Learn how to set type without fear – develop your skills and build your confidence in with insights from Ilene in Advanced Typography: Fine Tuning & Finessing.

Check out Ilene's related course, Typography Fundamentals

Syllabus

  • Formatting Your Type
  • Format: Hyphens, Alignment, & Separators
  • Initial Letter Alignment & Figures
  • Finessing Your Type - Part 1
  • Finessing Your Type - Part 2
  • Spacing Considerations
  • Advanced Spacing
  • What's a Good Typeface?
  • Custom Kerning
  • Spoting Kerning Examples
  • Can You Spot the Type Crime?
  • Custom Letterforms with Gerard Huerta

Taught by

Ilene Strizver

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