Improve your typography skills fast with these 10 exercises!
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⏰ Timestamps ⏰
0:00 - Intro
0:06 - Emotional Type
0:22 - Playing With Contrast
0:39 - Can You Read This?
1:14 - 3 Styles, 1 Font
1:35 - Locking In The Grid
1:54 - Fix My Hierarchy
2:22 - Widows & Orphans
2:50 - The Game Of Kerning
3:11 - Rag Time
3:36 - Breaking It Up
4:04 - Outro
Disclaimer:
I like to be transparent with my audiences, so some exercises mentioned in this video were inspired by ChatGPT. If you’re looking for more design exercises, I recommend using this AI tool to practice with and improve your typography skills.
Resources:
FREE Lorem Ipsum generator: https://loremipsum.io/generator?n=10&t=s
Kern Type: https://type.method.ac/
Bad Typography examples (Pinterest): https://www.pinterest.com/stephkinne/bad-typography/
Definitions:
Hierarchy (Adobe): https://254-online.com/hierarchy-principle-of-design/#:~:text=Hierarchy%20is%20the%20control%20of,Create%20visual%20organisation
Widows & Orphans (Adobe): https://www.adobe.com/ca/creativecloud/design/discover/typography/widows-and-orphans.html#:~:text=A%20widow%20is%20a%20single,the%20rest%20of%20its%20paragraph.
Kerning (Adobe): https://www.adobe.com/ca/creativecloud/design/discover/kerning.html#:~:text=What%20is%20kerning%3F,readable%20text%20that's%20visually%20pleasing.
Rags (MyFonts by Monotype): https://www.myfonts.com/pages/fontscom-learning-fontology-level-2-text-typography-rags-widows-orphans#:~:text=In%20typography%2C%20%E2%80%9Crag%E2%80%9D%20refers,both%20margins%20can%20be%20ragged.
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Music/Audio:
And So It Begins - Artificial.Music (on Soundcloud): https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music/and-so-it-begins
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In this video, I provide 10 typography graphic design exercises, helping designers improve their skills. If you are looking to find design exercises this is the video for you!