Oreilly - Essential Skills for Designers - Working with Type
by Martin Perhiniak | Publisher: Total Training | Release Date: October 2014 | ISBN: 10000MPTYPE00
"Understanding type is an essential, often-overlooked component of successful graphic design. Effective visual communication relies on the combination of images and text, and in a good design, typography can be the most important part of the whole composition. In fact, it is not uncommon for an entire design to consist of the creative use of type. In this course you'll learn to work with type in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Lessons begin with a primer on typography theory, then shift focus to practical applications, including how to manage and organize fonts, using the type tools, formatting type using keyboard shortcuts, and advanced techniques such as wrapping text, type on a path, styles, custom fonts and more. Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign CS6 are featured in this course."
- INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY
- Introduction 00:01:08
- Examples of Use of Type 00:04:20
- What Is a Font? 00:04:59
- Types of Fonts 00:02:46
- How to Choose a Font? 00:06:59
- ADDING AND EDITING TYPE
- Typing 00:04:54
- Adding Type 00:04:50
- Choosing and Changing Color 00:04:24
- Editing Type and Useful Keyboard Shortcuts 00:12:25
- ADVANCED TYPE TECHNIQUES
- Text Frames 00:05:18
- Text Frame Options 00:05:01
- Text Warp 00:03:24
- Type on a Path 00:06:56
- Type Inside an Object 00:04:24
- Drop Caps 00:01:42
- Customize Fonts 00:02:02
- Wrap Text Around an Object 00:04:21
- Character and Paragraph Styles 00:06:56