Overview
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Learn how to choose and combine typefaces for maximum visual impact.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Finding the right type and new releases
- Using typographic personality to emphasize meaning
- Considering historical sources to match your content
- Using the single-font solution
- Reaping the benefits of a super family
- Using type as a neutral canvas
- Combining typefaces based on stylistic contrasts
- Combining typefaces that have similar anatomical proportions
- Combining typefaces from the same foundry or designer
- Combining typefaces based on mood or emotion
- The rule of three typefaces: Using serif, sans serif, and slab serif
- Mixing many typefaces and making it work
- Creative challenge: Choosing typefaces for a magazine spread
- Solutions: Choosing typefaces for a magazine spread
- Developing your own eye and techniques
- Recap: Dos and don'ts, and what's next
