Typography: Color Contrast and Scale

Learn to enhance the clarity and impact of your type—and your message—with effective use of color, contrast, and scale.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Getting the most out of this course

1. Using Typographic Color

• Text typography: Creating tonal weight
• Display typography: Selecting and using color
• Indicating hierarchy using color

2. Creating Contrast with Type

• Creating typographic contrast with font choices
• Creating typographic contrast with size
• Working with type on complex patterns and backgrounds
• Creative challenge: Getting type to pop
• Creative challenge: Solutions

3. Using Typographic Scale

• Harnessing the power of scale: Living large!
• Small shifts in scale with big results
• Weighing in on scale: Typographic relationships

Conclusion

• Next steps