From the course: Typography: Hierarchy and Navigation
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Creating navigation using analphabetic symbols
From the course: Typography: Hierarchy and Navigation
Creating navigation using analphabetic symbols
Navigational clues for your viewers should be clear and obvious. You can use a variety of devices that are non typographic, although they are included in font sets. We call these analphabetic symbols, also known as Dingbats. You may be surprised to learn that dingbat is a typographic term that has been around for hundreds of years. They were more formally known as printer's characters or printer's ornaments. In this course we are going to look at a subset of dingbats that convey direction to help viewers navigate. There are many wonderful fonts that have a great variety of arrows and pointers. I love the way this big yellow arrow points to the photo referred to, in the text. Besides providing clear navigation the arrow is a graphic element that adds to the visual variety of the spread. And its stylized design and color creates a playful effect. So there's an emotional component to this navigational device as well as a practical effect. Here's a different kind of arrow or pointer with…
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