Typography is a powerful tool—it can upgrade your work or make it unclear. If you want to use it, you'll need to understand its rules... but if you want to master it, you'll also need to learn how and when to break those rules.

Category	Course format	Language	Duration	Level
Art Direction, Typography	Online	English with Subt.	2 hours	All Levels

Requirements

There are no pre-requisites or requirements for this course.

The goal of this course is to show you how to sharpen your typography skills in order to wow your clients and create unforgettable digital experiences

Description

Defining typography is one of Mario’s and Bornfight's signature design practices, so this course will give you both the theoretical and the practical know-how needed to sharpen your skills and train your eye. You’ll first go through the history, the classification and the technical aspects of typography… and then upgrade it by learning how to communicate the right visual messages by choosing, using and combining typefaces in different contexts and scenarios.

Music Credit: Mr. Dirty Hairy

You will learn

Typography fundamentals
Combining typefaces
Typesetting best practices
Choosing typefaces

The course includes

2 hours of condensed knowledge
Immediate access to the entire collection of videos
Valuable links and resources for every lesson

Modules

What you will learn
in this course.

Lessons

Chapters

Duration
Lesson 1

Typography fundamentals

2

26:25 mins

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- History & classification
  
  18 mins
- Fundamental definitions
  
  8:25 mins
Lesson 2

Choosing typefaces

5

20:27 mins

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- Typography aspects
  
  5:23 mins
- Observing typefaces
  
  4:25 mins
- Understanding context
  
  3 mins
- Readability & legibility
  
  3 mins
- Type for screen
  
  4:39 mins
Lesson 3

Combining typefaces

3

28:05 mins

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- Quick practices
  
  17:55 mins
- Pairing strategies
  
  8:55 mins
- Evaluating pairs
  
  1:55 mins
Lesson 4

Typesetting best practices

4

10:27 mins

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- Headlines and body
  
  1:34 mins
- Working with type
  
  5:33 mins
- Details matter
  
  1:20 mins
- Breaking the rules
  
  2 mins
Lesson 5

Sharpening your skills

4

8:24 mins

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- Inspire
  
  4:13 mins
- Learn
  
  2 mins
- Practice
  
  1:24 mins
- Share
  
  0:47 mins

Meet the teacher

BORNFIGHT STUDIO

Name: Flawless Typography: Understanding and breaking the rules
Author: BORNFIGHT STUDIO

Head of Design at Bornfight

Annual Awwwards Site 2019

Mario Dragicevic

Sheikh Abdullah Al Cultural Centre

Boranka

Bornfight Agency

Mario first started experimenting with typography in the late 90s through graffiti writing, fast forward to 2020 his focus on typography became one of Bornfight’s signature design practices. He has been with Bornfight’s team for more than 10 years now, which gave him the opportunity to experience all aspects of a project—operational, strategic, creative... Currently he is working as a Head of Design and leads Bornfight design team while keeping the hands-on-work practice.

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9.99$

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