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Typography Fundamentals: How To Choose The Best Fonts

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Overview

More in depth than a lot of the other classes I have taken. Informative. Shares great resourcs.

Great class, really good information and sources for beginners.

Wow! That’s a cool font! I wonder what it is?

Have you ever asked yourself this questions and didn’t get the answer?

Well then, you might want to read every word that follows.

If you ever wondered how to use typography so your projects look professional or you wondered how to choose the best fonts, you’ve a found a great source of answers.

In this class you will learn all the necessary typography fundamentals that will get you going with any kind of design project that uses type.

Thanks to this class you will be able to:

  • Choose the best fonts for your project
  • Identify the font that you fell in love with at first sight
  • Find plenty of good fonts yourself (and tell if they are worth to get)

It’s a one-stop-shop for all you beginners, who want to learn typography fundamentals in a concise and straight-to-the point way.

Inside you will find answers to questions like:

  • What is good typography
  • What’s the difference between a typeface and a font (and there’s a big one)
  • What are the fundamental variants of typefaces
  • How to use free tools to identify fonts

And lots, and lots more.

Remember: Your font choice can make or break any design.

Don’t miss the opportunity to find out how to prevent your projects from looking amateurish.

Enroll in the  How To Choose The Best Fonts class and I’ll see you inside!

Dawid

PS If you like the class, please submit your review and class project.  It will help other students, just like you interested in topic I teach, in finding my classes. Thanks!

Syllabus

  • Typography Fundamentals How To Choose The Best Fonts
  • 1How To Choose The Best Fonts
  • 2What Is Typography
  • 3Whats The Difference Between A Typeface And A Font
  • 4What Are The Most Important Typefaces
  • 5What Are The Most Important Variants Of Typefaces
  • 6Shape Method Game
  • 7Why You Should Look For The Source
  • 8 5 Great Tools To Identify A Font
  • 9How To Identify A Font Yourself
  • 10Typeterms game final2
  • 11Why Fonts Are Like Clothes
  • 12Typefaces Have Their Own Places
  • 13Are There Fonts That Match Everything
  • 14BONUS Where To Find Good Fonts
  • Let's Sum Up What We've Learnt

Taught by

Dawid Tuminski

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