One of the most frequently overlooked sections of a journal skin, typography is something far more challenging to get right then people think. You see, it's far more then just picking a font and dumping it in. It is, in fact, an art form.
Now, I could waffle on at length about why typography is so damn cool and important and all that, or I could just get to the damn point: How to use typography effectively in your journals.
The first rule to remember is people have to read it. Yeah, that 10px san-serif font may look great on your screen, but for someone reading on a phone, or on a higher resolution screen it's like stabbing them in the eyes
How to design a typeface (Part 3) by MartinSilvertant, journal
How to design a typeface (Part 3)
How to design a typeface (Part 3)
Serif — Roman
In the last two article of the type design series we made a geometric sans serif and added italics and a bold weight. The geometric sans serif is the easiest style to do, but for me personally things really get interesting with serif typefaces. Of course there is the addition of serifs, but the structure and weight distribution is also much more advanced. In this article I will make an introduction to designing serif typefaces. This article won’t be as detailed as the previous ones because this third article serves as an expansion on the first two. In other words, I won’t get
How to design a typeface (Part 2) by MartinSilvertant, journal
How to design a typeface (Part 2)
How to design a typeface (Part 2)
Sans serif — Italics & weights
In the previous article of the typography series I presented some of the basic principles of type design and we started designing a geometric sans typeface such as Futura. In this article we will expand that typeface and add italics and alternate weights. Or rather, I will show you how to design italics and briefly present how you can modify your regular weight typeface to create alternate weights rather than having to re-draw the whole letter.
Before we start
If you haven’t read the last article/tutorial but you want participate in this one, you can download a
How to design a typeface (Part 1) by MartinSilvertant, journal
How to design a typeface (Part 1)
How to design a typeface (Part 1)Sans serif — Roman
In this article/tutorial I will show you how to design a typeface. I will cover the basics and show you how to design advanced letters as well. There is so much I can talk about though, so if people like this article I might expand on this with future articles and get more into detail. I will only cover the design though, so you will have to research how to do the spacing and programming and turn your typeface into a usable font—or wait until I might do an article on that as well, but I don’t have such an article planned anytime soon.
What will we design?
I will first sho