Typography for Developers Tutorial - Full Course

Typography is one of the most important aspects of good design. In this course, you'll learn all you need to know about creating good typography as a UX Designer: how to choose a typeface; what to look for when laying out type, how to create typographic hierarchy, laying out type, and creating responsive typography.

✏️ This course was developed by Hope Armstrong.

This course was made possible by a grant from teamtreehouse.com

⭐️ Course Contents ⭐️
👏 Thanks to JM G for creating these time codes.

⌨️ (0:00) Introduction: What is Typography?
⌨️ (4:11) Typography vs Lettering
⌨️ (4:58) Typeface vs Font

⌨️ (5:57) How Typography Affects User Experience (UX)

⌨️ (10:06) Elements of TypeFace
⌨️ (12:40) Serifs
⌨️ (13:20) Sans-serifs (Without serifs)
⌨️ (13:28) Letterform Contrast
⌨️ (13:54) Text Contrast in Comparison to the Background
⌨️ (14:40) Text Color Contrast

⌨️ (16:27) Typeface Genres (Types of Typefaces)
⌨️ (17:46) Serif Sub-genres
⌨️ (20:54) Sans-serifs Sub-genres
⌨️ (23:25) Scripts

⌨️ (24:39) Print Design vs Digital Design
⌨️ (27:00) Help Clients Understand the Benefit of Good Fonts
⌨️ (29:05) Fixed vs Fluid Layouts

⌨️ (30:28) Choosing and Using Typefaces
⌨️ (31:41) Installing Fonts
⌨️ (32:15) A word on Font Formats
⌨️ (34:45) Choosing a Text Typface
⌨️ (37:12) Counters (Enclosed whitespace in Text)
⌨️ (38:20) Typeface 'Mood' Matching the Content
⌨️ (41:37) Choosing a Display Typeface
⌨️ (46:35) Translating Text Typeface to Display Typeface

⌨️ (48:08) Weight, Styles & Sizes
⌨️ (48:33) Faux Bold & Italics vs True Bold & Italics
⌨️ (51:34) Font Weighting & Styles

⌨️ (53:14) Design Project using Figma

(More time codes to come.)

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