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  • Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
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Textual Elements of Design: Fonts, Typography, and Spacing
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Course details

What are the course deliverables?
  • Helps to Compare and contrast the similarities and nuances between the concepts of typography, fonts and text.
  • Helps to work with the various aspects of spacing type, includingleading, kerning and tracking
  • Self-Paced Learning Option
  • Practice Quizzes
More about this course
  • Graphic design is telling a story by using both images and text. With that definition in mind, this course will focus on the textual elements of graphic design. From the history of typography, the difference between type, fonts and text as well as exposure to typography spacing, students will learn the value of selecting the best kind of type and combinations of fonts to get their message across in a visually pleasing manner.

Textual Elements of Design: Fonts, Typography, and Spacing
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Curriculum

History of Typography

Course Introduction

Hieroglyphics to Printing Press to Digital Design

Baseline Basics

Anatomy of a Typeface

Typography, Fonts and Text

Elements of Typography

Font Pairings and Hierarchy

Typography Spacing & Sizing

Alignment

Sizing Font

Leading Your Lines

Tracking and Kerning

Design Programs and User Experience

Manipulating Text

Google Fonts

Canva and Typefaces

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