Lynda - Foundations of Typography: Color, Contrast, and Scale

Foundations of Typography: Color, Contrast, and Scale

45m 29s Intermediate Oct 25, 2013

Enhance the clarity and impact of your type?and your message?with effective use of color, contrast, and scale. Designer Ina Saltz shows you how to use these three elements to elevate your design above the rest. Learn how to choose a typeface, weight, size, and color for your type, and balance its scale in relation to the other graphic elements. Plus, discover how to develop your typographic eye by studying great designs and figuring out how and why they work.

Topics include:

Creating tonal weight with type

Selecting and using color

Creating contrast with size

Lifting type on complex backgrounds

Adding drama with typographic scale