Typography is the art of arranging letters and text in a way that makes the copy legible, clear, and visually appealing to the reader.
The videos below are videos on learning the basics of typography found on YouTube. I know typography is important for designers so I wanted to learn more about it. I already knew about three basic kinds of typeface: serif, sans-serif, and decorative. How you can adjust the fonts weight making it bold, semibold, light etc or make it italics. The videos I watched helped me understand the basics of typography more, learning the terminology and a little history of typography changed over the centuries.
What I learned
Kerning -the spacing between letters
Leading – the space between lines of text
Tracking – the overall spacing between groups of letters
Anatomy of a letter:
Baseline: The invisible line on which text rests.
Ascender: The part of a lowercase letter that extends above the x-height (e.g., the top of ‘h’ or ‘l’).
Descender: The part of a character that extends below the baseline (e.g., the tail of ‘g’ or ‘p’).
X-height: The height of the lowercase ‘x’ in a font, a key measurement of a font’s height.
Helpful Websites on Typography:
https://www.figma.com/resource-library/typography-in-design/
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/beginning-graphic-design/typography/1/
Typefaces and typographic elements grab the attention of the viewer even before they start reading. It’s important to think about the purpose of your design and the message you want to show to the audience, then choose a font that fits. Fonts can set the tone of your work, there’s fonts to show seriousness, elegance, informality, fun etc.
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