Join Laura Franz for an in-depth discussion in this video Understanding handwritten letters, part of Choosing and Using Web Fonts.
In the last chapter, I talked about handwritten letters, and how some forms…look like they were done with pen and ink.…I'm asking you to imagine how the shape of a pen nib combined with ink formed…the characteristics of a letter.…To help you visualize this better, we're going to take a quick break from fonts…while I show what I mean when I talk about pen-formed letters.…Now, I'm not a calligrapher;…I've only taken a couple of workshops to help me understand letters better,…so these letters won't be award-winning, but they'll do.…
I'm using a C1 nib, which is flat and has a slight angle.…The shape of the nib is what makes it a C nib.…The size of the nib is what makes it a C1 nib. A C2 would be a smaller, narrower nib.…I've marked out a template for my baseline, meanline, cap height, ascender, and descender.…Now, in this day and age, many of us have learned to draw forms in a…vector-based software.…When we do that, if we want to draw an O, for instance, we would draw the outer…edge, then the inside edge, then we'd fill in the shape in between.…
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6/27/2012- Explaining the history of text fonts, from Old Style, Transitional, and Modern to Slab Serif and Sans Serif
- Understanding font classifications
- Setting up a Typekit account
- Choosing a quality font based on forms, spacing, and weights and styles
- Accessing fonts from various sources
- Implementing fonts with the @font-face syntax
- Looking at how fonts affect the look and feel of a web page
- Changing font styling to improve readability
- Making various font weights and styles work correctly across multiple browsers
- Pairing fonts (headline and text, two fonts in text, and so on)
- Setting fallback fonts
Skill Level Appropriate for all
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Introduction
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Welcome58s
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Using the exercise files1m 47s
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1. Getting Started
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2. Venetian Fonts
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Identifying a Venetian font4m 46s
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Choosing a Venetian font3m 47s
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3. Old Style Fonts
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Choosing an Old Style font4m 30s
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4. Transitional Fonts
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Choosing a Transitional font6m 36s
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5. Modern Fonts
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Identifying a Modern font7m 50s
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6. Slab Serif Fonts
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Choosing a Slab Serif font3m 58s
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7. Other Serif Fonts
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Choosing "Other" Serif fonts10m 12s
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8. Transitional Sans Serif Fonts
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9. Geometric Sans Serif Fonts
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10. Humanist Sans Serif Fonts
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11. Handwritten Fonts
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Choosing a handwritten font8m 17s
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12. Pairing Fonts
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13. Script Display Fonts
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Understanding Script fonts2m 19s
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Setting fallback fonts2m 55s
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14. Wood-Type-Inspired Display Fonts
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Setting fallback fonts2m 31s
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15. Art Deco Fonts
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Setting fallback fonts2m 48s
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16. Futuristic Fonts
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Setting fallback fonts2m 22s
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