From the course: Graphic Design Tips & Tricks

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Incorporating hairlines into your design

Incorporating hairlines into your design

From the course: Graphic Design Tips & Tricks

Incorporating hairlines into your design

- In prep for my display type course, I came across the typeface Erotica, which is the most beautiful script I've ever seen. The Type Directors Club, in 2013, awarded it a Certificate of Excellence, and it's really easy to see why. When a friend saw it for the first time, she said, "It sort of takes your breath away." And it does. It's sexy, gorgeous, very calligraphic, ravishing swashes, very high contrast between the thick strokes and the hairlines. Which brings up the topic today, and that's that hairlines, when reduced to small sizes, almost disappear. Sometimes they do disappear. And when those fine lines are a key part of your look, with them goes some of the beauty. This is a common issue. So how do you solve it? In this case, the designer drew a second version of the typeface, where the hairlines are now heavier. Did you see that difference? It's subtle, might be hard to see in the video, so let me zoom in. This is the original. It's called Erotica Big. Super fine hairlines…

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