Learning Graphic Design: Set Perfect Text

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Graphic Design Courses Typography Courses Typefaces Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn to set text perfectly, adjusting letterforms so they are balanced and beautiful, with these tips from Before & After guru John McWade.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome

1. What Good Text Type Looks Like

A medium typeface
Indents, spacing, fractions, and footnotes
Quotation and other marks, lowercase numerals, and dashes
Italics, ligatures, ellipses, small caps, parentheses, and the subhead

2. Going Deeper

How to set perfectly justified type
Understanding type sizes, line lengths, and line spacing
How to set perfect drop caps

Conclusion

Parting thoughts

Taught by

John McWade

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