CDHGraphicDesign

One of the most important tools a graphic designer should master – is typography!

As a designer we need to be able to use typography in a creative and custom way – know how to make adjustments so we enhance the readability, and make the reader intrigued. As a graphic designer you can also specialise in typography design, developing new typefaces and fonts.

So, to learn more about typography and InDesign I took a comprehensive course in LinkedIn Learning as part of my education.

I learned:

• How to create a typographic workspace
• Understanding the anatomy and terminology of type.
• Choosing typefaces
• Sizing and scaling type
• Formatting characters
• Adjusting leading
• Tracking and Kerning
• Using the glyphs panel
• Adding special characters: dashes, quotes, ellipses etc.
• Using OpenType features like ligatures and fractions.

3.1 (2) I then tried my new skills in InDesign and made this text:

Best regards, CDH