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Typography for [Digital] Humanists. Friday,
February 12, 2016 10am – 12pm Fordham University Amy Papaelias | @fontnerd Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, SUNY New Paltz
The title for this presentation
is inspired by: Typography for Lawyers Matthew Butterick typographyforlawyers.com And check out this very worthy follow-up: Butterick’s Practical Typography practicaltypography
Today, we’ll focus on a
few things: Typeface selection in digital projects Very basic type rules Web typography tools and resources
Google Fonts open source; web
/ print; range of quality Adobe Edge Fonts free, web only, limited library Typekit access through Creative Cloud; web & print (subscription)
type in digital projects: levels
of hierarchy. <h1>Headlines</h1> <h3>This might be a subhead</h3> <p>Body copy. Here we want to consider a comfortable line length as well as leading (or line height in CSS). Use a font with low stroke contrast (not a lot of thicks and thins) and select sizes for comfortable reading. Note: 12pt ≠ 12px.</p> Button Button Type is everywhere on screen! Don’t forget other elements such as buttons, captions, navigation, etc.
Thereactuallyisalotofnegativespaceonthisslide,butit’s not being used very
effectively. If you squint your eyes— go ahead—you can see the space between lines of text. There’s not a lot of breathing room because the space be- tween lines and words is too monotonous. Negative space creates dynamic visual interest and makes a text more readable.
Thereactuallyisalotofnegativespaceonthisslide,butit’s not being used very
effectively. If you squint your eyes— go ahead—you can see the space between lines of text. There’s not a lot of breathing room because the space be- tween lines and words is too monotonous. Negative space creates dynamic visual interest and makes a text more readable.
There actually is a lot
of negative space on this slide, but it’s not being used very effectively. If you squint your eyes—go ahead— you can see the space between lines of text. There’s not a lot of breath- ing room because the space between lines and words is too monotonous. Negative space creates dynamic visual interest and makes a text more readable.
There actually is a lot
of negative space on this slide, but it’s not being used very effectively. If you squint your eyes—go ahead— you can see the space between lines of text. There’s not a lot of breath- ing room because the space between lines and words is too monotonous. Negative space creates dynamic visual interest and makes a text more readable.
Some NYC type resources: Type
Directors Club of NY: tdc.org Type@Cooper: coopertype.org Typographics Conference: typographics.org Type as Language SVA: typography.sva.edu Grolier Club: grolierclub.org Some beyond NYC type resources: Typographica: typographica.org I Love Typography: ilovetypography.com Letterform Archive: letterformarchive.org Alphabettes: alphabettes.org