Typography Notes
Typography Notes
WHAT?
ARTOFUSI
NGTEXT.
WHY?
1
.MODEOFCOMMUNI
CATI
ON.
2.
ITCREATESEMOTI
ON.
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il
lf
in
dyo
u.
3.I
TCREATESHI
ERARCHY.
(I
mportancewi
seOrder
)
Eg.
Sessi
onon
TYPOGRAPHY
4.
ITCREATESBRANDI
DENTI
TY.
HOW?
STEP1
UNDERSTANDEMOTI
ON/
USER.
STEP2
CHOOSETHERI
GHTTYPEFACE/
FONT.
3CATEGORI
ES
SERI
F SANSSERI
F DECORATIVE
Cl
ass Modern
Call
igraphy
Pr
emium Minimal/Si
mpl
e Di
splay
Vi
ntage Clean
Tr
adit
ional
/Cl
assi
c Digi
tal
/Tech Style
UIDesign Headi ng
Canbeusedi nlong Tit
les
body( Paragr
aph) Canbeusedi nl
ong Logo
Becausegood body(Paragraph) Unique
readibil
it
y Becausegood
Eg:ZARA, ROYAL readi
bil
ity Notf
orl
ongbody
ENFIELD,MERCEDES Eg:APPLE,SAMSUNG
STEP3
DOWNL
OADAGOODTYPEFACE/
FONT
1.
FONTSPACE
2.GOOGLEFONT
3.DAFONT
4.CUPFONT
STEP4
BESTPRACTI
CE
(THETHI
NGSWENEEDTOTAKECARE)
1.
AlignmentandSpaci
ng
2.Contr
ast
3.Hi
erarchy
1.SI
ZE 2.COLOR 3.WEIGHT
CONTRAST CONTRAST CONTRAST
CONTRAST CONTRAST CONTRAST
STEP5
AVOI
D
1.
Mor ethan2Typeface
2.AvoidWidow andOrphan
3.AvoidOutdated/
Defaul
tFont
(Comi
c
Sans,Impact)
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DOW
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snat oquepenat ibuset
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icies
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quet nec,
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svi tae,
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or si t amet ,
consectetuer adi pisci
ng el it
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massa. Cum soci i
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magni sdi sparturientmont es,nascet ur
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icies
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pede j usto, f
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la vel, ali
quet nec,
TYPEANATOMY
Anat
omyofText
CapHeight
As
cender
XHeight
Bas
eLi
ne
Des
cender
TYPEFACEvsFONT
Ar
i
al Ari
al
Ari
al
Ari
al
TEXTSETTI
NGS
L
EADI
NG TRACKI
NG KERNI
NG
Gapbetween2or Gapbetween2or Gapbetweentwo
morethan2li
nes morelet
ter
s speci
fi
clet
ter
s
PURPOSEOFTEXTSETTI
NGS
1
.EnhanceReadabil
it
y
2.
AddingStyl
e