Transcript Typography: The basic building block of any printed page
Typography:
The basic building block of any printed page
Typography is the selection and arrangement of typefaces, sizes, and spacing on a publication.
Some of the basic terms used in typography are:
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baseline: the imaginary line that type sits on
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cap height: height of the capital letters
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x-height: the height of the main part of lowercase letters
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bowl or counter: lowercase enclosed letters
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Stress: slant of an imaginary line going through the thinnest parts of bowl shaped letters
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serif: small lines at the ends of characters; finishing strokes
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ascenders: lowercase letters that rise above the x-height
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descenders: lowercase letters that fall below the baseline
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type size: measure in points from top of ascenders to bottom of descenders
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Both of these typefaces are size 96 point.
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Both of these typefaces are size 96 point.
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Both of these typefaces are size 96 point.
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Both of these typefaces are size 96 point.
Typography has a major impact on the overall look and image of your page and its overall quality.
When choosing type, you must choose:
• A font (or typeface) • A font size • How much leading (space between lines of type) • How much space around titles
Type should be
readable
and
legible
.
•
Readability
refers to how easy it is to read a
block of text
. •Typefaces are readable when they are
invisible
to the reader. •THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE READER DOESN’T STOP TO THINK ABOUT THE TYPEFACE WHEN READING THE MESSAGE.
Legibility
refers to whether a short amount of text, such as a headline or subhead, is
easily recognizable
. John Texas Cougars JOHN TEXAS COUGARS
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Type can be used to create personality and feeling… • Formal or informal • Modern or classic • Dense or open • Light or dramatic ABC ABC ABC ABC ABC ABC ABC
ABC
Six Categories of Type
•Oldstyle •Sans Serif
• Modern
• Slab Serif
• Script
•Decorative
How to determine category… 1. Serifs. Angles or horizontal. Thick or thin.
2. Transitions. Little, moderate, or radical transition from thick to thin areas.
3. Stress. Vertical or diagonal line drawn through thinnest part of bowls.
Oldstyle
• Based on the hand lettering of scribes. • Always has angled serifs • Moderate transition • Diagonal stress • Great for large bodies of text
Modern
• Thin, horizontal serifs • Radical thick/thin transitions • Vertical stress • Not good for large bodies of text
Slab Serif
• Serifs are horizontal and thick • Little or no thick/thin transition • Vertical Stress • Great for large bodies of text (but page is darker overall)
Sans Serif
• • • • Without Serifs No transition Vertical stress Great legibility and good for headlines
Script
• Appears to be hand-lettered with a pen, brush, or pencil.
• Should be used
sparingly
–never for long blocks of text.
• Can be hard to read if use for long blocks of text. It slows down the reading rate.
• IT SHOULD ALSO NEVER BE USED IN ALL CAPS.
Decorative
• Fun fonts !
• _ Carry emotions and connotations.
• To be used sparingly – read… it can be difficult to LONG BODIES OF TEXTS AND IN ALL • Best used for HEADLINES • or short phrases
Can you identify the
Serif
and
Sans Serif
categories on the next two slides?
Serif or Sans Serif
Serif or Sans Serif