From the course: Design a Condensed Sans Serif Typeface
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A note on modularity - Glyphs App Tutorial
From the course: Design a Condensed Sans Serif Typeface
A note on modularity
- [Narrator] Modularity is a fine thing for rough construction that allows us to quickly assemble glyphs from parts. It establishes rhythm in the strokes, interior spaces, and spaces between letters. It reveals the fundamentals of construction, but a typeface that's made from a limited number of modular shapes runs the very real risk of becoming monotonous and lacking in finesse. Small adjustments to modular designs will go a long way towards making them better. The tapering of diagonal strokes to open internal angles for instance, prevents the A, V, W, X, and Y from looking too clogged. One can go a step further by adding an ink trap in the vertex to keep it open when the form is used at small sizes, or on screen, or in conditions like low resolution printing where the angle's likely to fill in. Changes to the pinched curve shape to differentiate a joint at the top of a bowl from a joint at the bottom can add vitality and purpose to a design. These adjustments will seem like tricks…
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