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"We pushed ourselves when we were thinking about material design to make clear and deliberate design decisions regarding color and typography."
"I realized that my programs were to be read by people, not just by computers, and that typography could massively enhance that."
"The Book of Mormon is not a textbook on typography; speculation on the geography of the Book of Mormon may mislead instead of enlighten. Such a study can be a distraction from its divine purpose."
"Sans serif simply means without serif, and a serif is like Times New Roman. It has all those things hanging off the letters."
"Typography is the visual component of the written word."
"A major purpose behind typography is utility. This means presenting the text in a way that is useful, clear, and legible to its reader."
"The bigger the x height, the easier it is to read the font and that's where the feeling of approachability comes from."
"Comic Sans is going to make a comeback. People despise it so much that eventually it's going to be loved."
"Choose one font; it's about consistency. Look at top websites; they use one font or maximum two."
"Line height is different, what we would want for a header is very different than what we would want for body copy."
"Typography is the way of arranging words to make them easy to read and look good."
"Rule number one: start with a really beautiful typeface."
"Expressive typography and exploring a lot of things, refining the letter forms is something that you can definitely improve on."
"I remember being touched and moved at the typographical audacity of having a man's silhouette form the keyhole in the letter a in the word wake."
"It's about using the right point size and letting. It's gonna start to come together."
"Pick a good typeface and don't use too many point sizes or too many different weights."
"You're going to learn how to make your text look like anything you want."
"If you love Comic Sans you don't know much about typography but if you hate Comic Sans you really don't know much about typography either." - Vincent Conair
"The fonts on the screen are all the same family and well-sized."
"You can see that the text title here is red."
"It's about picking the right font to find a nice logo."
"I can't even read it, had to copy and paste and change the font."
"Fonts are going to change everything from your navigational options to your newsletter descriptions."
"Don't forget about the incredible Typekit library if you're using Creative Cloud, it gives you access to a vast array of fonts."
"Music" (used as a separator between sections).
"We all need a few good serif typefaces in our collection."
"Typography is a beautiful group of letters, not beautiful letters."
"Adding a gradient to text... it's the easiest to do."
"Interlocking shapes are very good. Find letters that have contrasting lines to create something that interlocks with each other."
"Kern your fonts with letter spacing - a fantastic way to get started when you are a beginner."
"Fonts say a lot about the personality and voice of the brand, what you're trying to communicate. They affect the messaging."
"C is a lovely letter! Both aesthetically and functionally, I’m a big fan."
"Some people find it easier to see bolder text as opposed to just the light thin text."
"Lettering a quote and designing a quote is really just the process of considering these four points."
"It's not about having a million different font types, it actually looks better to just keep it simple."
"Consider the shape, word placement, font pairings, and then your accents."
"Let's get on and start working with type in InDesign."
"Using drop caps can add a nice touch to your text."
"The typography is a good size... it really stands out."
"Good typography, like good design, is invisible. We don't notice it because the reading experience is smooth and the text is consumed as intended, ignoring."
"Two separate typefaces or fonts within the same block of text can be useful to separate the text and create a visual difference between them."
"It looks really good, I love the font on it, it's very high resolution as well."
"It just makes it feel like, that text has some really nice weight to it."
"...one thing that's handy to know is that 72 inches for font is approximately one inch high on a printed page."
"How can you make thin text bold? Let me show you."
"...font sizes should be percentages not pixel numbers and I'm saying this is somebody who prefers 18 pixels as the bass reading font so yeah I lean big whichever way you lean seems like percentages are the way to go."
"There is a ton of creative opportunity and just like unexplored Avenues when it comes to font design."
"So what we're going to do in this lesson is learn about type on a path."
"Let's start with some big blocky text and have fun."
"If you love Comic Sans, you don't know much about typography. And if you hate it, you don't know very much about typography either. And you should probably get another hobby."
"There was so much that I couldn't fit in this video including the fascinating process of adding Cyrillic to this font."
"I also really love mixing fonts when I do something like this I just think it gives like an added detail and like more interest to the sign rather than having the same font for the whole thing."
"I am now officially obsessed with the Gothic font. I want it everywhere, and I think I want to get better at typography cuz this was a lot of fun to do."
"Welcome to the type section. Being a graphic designer is all about choosing type. I always say this, and sometimes it takes a while."
"The dot over a lowercase i and J is called a tittle."
"Here's another example of more of the Retro fonts in a design. More retro fonts are selling well this year."
"Typography is one of the most important elements in magazine design and specific fonts will give off very specific personalities."
"You can change the font. Ooh, if you want impact, no Comic Sans."
"I'm just gonna use this kind of font to begin with and typing everything out more than anything else it's just a kind of time-saver."
"Readability relates to how type is set on a page, making written content flow in a simple and easy-to-read manner."
"One of the key differences between a beginner designer and a professional designer is noticeable in the way they set type."
"Typography is one of the most important parts of graphic design and every element we've outlined in the previous lessons will affect how the audience reads a text."
"If you are still unsure about how to combine fonts, take the same route. Use super families and you will be one step closer to creating a minimalist layout."
"Combine fonts from the same designer. Designers have a particular style and vision and this also applies to type designers."
"Typography knowledge is vast and always evolving. In this course, we provided you with typographic concepts that are perfect to get you started and master it as you learn."
"Typography is essential to our society."
"I feel like the community, like when we talk with each other like this, we're able to build a community of communication among type people who love type."
"I always appreciate coming on and talking about this because I don't get a chance to talk too much about type in my everyday life."
"We found five pieces of typeface, which is crazy."
"Germany had been fighting for its identity, so it's only fitting that when they had their own unified German country, they used the most German font possible."
"Lettering is literally the difference between having a professional-looking pitch and having an unprofessional looking pitch."
"Typography in general is becoming a lot more experimental, expressive, and creative."
"You can honestly do whatever you want with type."
"Baseline grids are great to achieve consistency with type, creating a vertical rhythm throughout the document."
"Type can look really neat and considered when aligned to a baseline."
"Their fonts, it's a blessing. They're comfortable. Perfect spacing. Very nice."
"Everybody's doing early digital lettering here, yeah, with a straight-up built into the Mac font man, everybody's doing."
"The dots that sit above the lowercase 'i' and the letter 'j' is called a tittle."
"...optical illusions happen all the time in typography."
"...no more having to worry about sacrificing font weights when you're picking from Google fonts."
"...maybe even pair it with a Neo grotesque font."
"The origin of Comic Sans? It was written for Microsoft Bob. The concept was a more approachable computer interface where rooms of the house were various things you could do with your computer."
"Typography enables the lettering to have an identity which communicates a certain aesthetic to the person that's looking at it."
"So these strokes, they all touch the baseline at the bottom and the header line at the top."
"Each letter has a nice lean to it that leads right into the other letter."
"Although it may not immediately seem like there's a strong connection between traditional typography and illustrative lettering, a basic understanding of typographic and general design principles can go a long way towards improving your lettering."
"You can space out the letters like that, make them really far apart, or you could even make them close together like that."
"The possibilities of creating your own typefaces are endless."
"The opportunity to create unique caligraphic type designs using mid Journey is very real."
"This kind of font is all over TikTok and Instagram reels."
"One renegade designer, with hairy arms and glasses, will bring Serifs back to the world."
"I like the name the best, WhatTheFont."
"I like to use all caps. Sometimes I'll switch it up."
"You know us as editors, we're not graphic designers so we don't typically pay as much attention to typography as we should."
"Let's talk about if we have ungrouped letters."
"You've gone for a more serif typeface which automatically exudes luxury."
"Understanding type is essential. If you don't understand type, you're not a good designer."
"When you're designing something for print, it's about 14 to 18 points for body text."
"If you want to create compute typography scales, this is a nice plugin to have."
"Fonts ninja is great for creators to identify fonts from any website."
"The way you design with different fonts shows you don't need everything, just have fun. Thank you, John."
"Decide on three fonts that you'll use throughout your marketing, making sure they further solidify the feeling you want your brand to convey."
"Typography is a silent storyteller. It guides the viewer, communicates tone, and enhances visual appeal."
"The fonts are nice and light, and they look much, much nicer."
"You should never only use an underline for a text field."
"Font matters. You put Comic Sans? [ __ ] Great."
"Good typography is all about compromises."
"Take on the justified type if you're ready for a challenge."
"Swash integration... be on the lookout for ways that... doing the lettering in between swash integration... the way that it ties itself perfectly into what are otherwise just ornamental shapes."
"Italics add immediate on-theme variety so especially when you're using all caps block letters you can add italics into it just to give it some visual variety without necessarily throwing in a whole new style a cheat code if you will."
"That typography is amazing and it makes the whole work. It's genius, man."
"The letter 'Ö' lends itself as the name of a river in the United States."
"The font uppercase, when compared to Times New Roman, those characters are about nine points."
"The more that they're connected, like a cursive font, is going to be better if it's a little bit smaller."
"You can use fonts to create quotes."
"All the fonts in Google Slides, Google Documents, anything that you want to do."
"Every good designer doesn’t use more than a few typefaces."
"The Book of Mormon punctuation was added by John Gilbert who wasn't a member of the church as was typesetting the Book of Mormon."
"...always key to make sure that you have really good font pairings so the fonts go well together and you also want to choose fonts that match your niche."
"Obey the law of contrast. If you're going to use a different point size, double the point size or more."
"My whole intention is to show you that there's a lot more to do with type than what you think."
"I love these alphabets, they're really wonky. What is this called? It's called the Wingo Z, the Wingo Zingo alphabets, and I love, love, love them."
"Drop caps are also a kind of a good effect to use to help direct the reader's eye especially when you're publishing a book."
"Fonts matter, so be thoughtful with your fonts."
"Fonts that we use to print documents actually used to be named after their creators."
"I like that the letters hug each other, like the 'a' fits nestled into the 'n' and the 'i' fits perfectly between them."
"Pairing a font with a font already in its font family is always a clear winner."
"...shout out to my friend Charlie this is actually her font called grayscale which uh you can go and buy over on her website I use it for all these kind of like annotations and little side notes and things love it so shout out to Charlie..."
"I love Vengeance giant across the top."
"I'm gonna make a new font called Times New Bastard."
"Look at that font, is that gorgeous?"
"Typography is an important aspect of the habits app."
"Whether it's a unique way of using contrast or an unexpected approach with typography, the examples we'll explore will always be inspirational."
"The digital medium enhanced the idea of New Wave typography and three-dimensional space."
"Hyper Pirate: 'The words in hyper pirate are so long and unwieldly and ungodly that the best way to really tell words apart from each other is to have a beautiful, a nice dividing line between them such as an asterism.'"
"I adore this font and it's just so pretty."
"So I hope this video helps clear up why I use rems and why you really shouldn't be using pixels in your styles, especially for font sizes."
"Finding the perfect font for your project can be a lot of fun if you are into that."
"Fonts never go out of fashion and every year people are looking for new trends to use with fonts."
"I love the typography of the face; it looks just like it did in the anime."
"I think it makes every word look just so nice."
"Typography is a phenomenal ecosystem."
"Whatever your copy portrays, it will portray a certain mood and it's kind of our job as typographers to get that across to the reader."
"I used a really fun font that I absolutely love."
"We can make drop caps here, that's where the first letter is bigger and it looks fancy."
"Picking fonts does not have to be hard."
"These are all nice clean sans-serif fonts that have lots of styles on them. There's a reason that these are popular."
"You want to always start by choosing your body font."
"It opens up a completely new door to being able to do typography on the web."
"It bridges the gap between reading and recognizing letter forms and art."
"Your custom font can now be used as live text."
"The joy of creating fonts is all the tweaking and adjusting to get that perfect font."
"Wingdings were the original emoji."
"It also gives a very nice crisp and clear look to text."
"Choosing a font is one of the hardest parts of designing."
"Spring is Mariah font by Stitchtopia, and I love it; there's a cute little heart on the 'i' that's adorable."
"I quite like system font because it looks trustworthy and official."
"Use a nice font. If you don't know what a nice font is, Google it."
"Font self has basically given people who are non-font creators just any random Joe that they have the ability to create a font from anything."
"You can make it bold and italic... you can make different versions of your font which is really cool."
"If you're really serious about making fonts and making money from fonts, because it is a very lucrative field that you can do from anywhere around the world."
"I love the font of that 'thank you,' and there's also nothing better than just having lots of thank you cards in your stash."
"Creating a good font is creating repetition, rhythm that things are predictable."
"The idea behind creating a good font is creating repetition, rhythm that things are predictable."
"This creates that rhythm, that repetition that your eye wants when you're looking at a typeface."
"InDesign is kind of like the meeting place of everything type and graphics all together."
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog uses every letter in the English language."
"We've got a ton of great fonts that we're going to be using."
"It's in such a beautiful classic and modern font which I love."
"Theories is kind of the font of my dreams."
"Go and have fun, be creative, and create some awesome typography videos."
"This one is really cute and then I also like how the words are the type of font that it's in."
"I did not like the 'R' that was in Peter's name, so what I did when I was using my laptop was I changed the 'R' to one of the fancier 'R's that had a heart within the character map."
"I prefer a larger print and higher contrast in my lettering."
"The Renaissance of serif typefaces."
"TypeEd is a typography education program that we developed basically to bridge the gap between education and the professional workplace."
"These are just really beautiful letter forms, and it's beautifully typeset, nice spacing, really good letting."
"When you start using type as illustrative elements, you're definitely stepping into the experimental realm, and I appreciate that wholeheartedly."
"As you're doing these exercises, you're building confidence about how to become good at typography."
"Having contrast between the fonts that you are pairing or using together within one design is probably the most important thing."
"The best font choices are the ones which the reader doesn't notice as a font, just simply can concentrate on the message."
"I'm pushing you folks because I really care about you, that you really understand the fundamentals of typography."
"I love these fonts, and I'm not getting rid of them, no."
"It is so fast, so easy, and I am so happy with the new fonts I created."
"I loved finding out that Comic Sans is a really great font for people with dyslexia."
"Typography is also something included within the plugin."
"If you want to make it a bit more like organic looking, you can just narrow down the thinner more elongated parts of the font."
"Can't go wrong with words, and I love these because they're basic."
"I love that we've got different fonts inside of here so you can determine how bold or how subtle you want."
"I love this kind of mixed font; I love when things are really big."
"There's always different ways to solve problems, and this is one way that you can solve your small lettering problems and impress."
"I think operator mono strikes that balance perfectly and it also brings in a little bit of personality."
"Comic Sans font is the gates of hell."
"Wow, okay, this is so nice, I love like the different fonts."
"A strong typography system creates consistency, personality, and readability across your product."
"Fantastic, and this will be our type system for our headers."
"Fantastic, and that will be our type system which should suit us pretty well for this project."
"This stamp set has some really pretty fonts as well for the sentiments."
"There's something about Poppins font where you just make it bold and it looks 10 times better."
"Having some fluid typography could be a really nice thing and just elevating the overall look."