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Understand the fundamentals of typography design, from scale and hierarchy to working with grids and more. After covering these essentials in the learning path, you can then move onto the practical application of designing your typeface using Photoshop or InDesign.

In this learning path,

  • Learn the foundations of typography.
  • Create type in Photoshop and InDesign.

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Hours 15
Instructors Ina Saltz, Charles Nix, Nigel French
Language English
Subjects Art & Design

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Typography: Color Contrast and Scale

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...

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Typography: Hierarchy and Navigation

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Typography: Working with Grids

Simply put, grids are an essential design tool for containing and organizing type and images. But they do so much more. Grids give compositions strength and structure. Grids help...

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Typography: Choosing and Combining Typefaces

With the hundreds of thousands of typefaces that are now available, knowing which to choose and how to combine them (or not) can seem intimidating and complicated. Art director...

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Learning Type Design

If you want to become a good type designer, diving into the study of type is beneficial. It's important to know what makes a good face, how details are used to define a family,...

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Photoshop for Designers: Type Essentials

Learn the fundamentals of working with type in Adobe Photoshop. In this course, instructor Nigel French distinguishes when it is appropriate to set type in Photoshop rather than...

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InDesign: Typography Part 1

Contents:Introduction1. Choosing and Combining Typefaces2. Character Formatting3. Leading (Line Spacing)4. Letter Spacing, Tracking, and Kerning5. Small and Important Details6....

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InDesign: Typography Part 2

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From LinkedIn Learning
Hours 15
Instructors Ina Saltz, Charles Nix, Nigel French
Language English
Subjects Art & Design

Careers

An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).

Research Tech, Design/Production Specialist $43k

Freelance Interior design $47k

Account Design Specialist $58k

Web Design Contractor $77k

Set Renderer/ Prop Design $80k

switchgear design and construction $95k

Mold Design Engineering (CAD) $104k

LNG Pressure Vessel & Mechanical Design Engineer Lead $124k

Senior Substation Design/P&C/Relay/Automation/SCADA Engineer $127k

Project Manager, Systems Design & Development $132k

ASIC Design Engineer 3 $185k

Software Design Engineer in Test Contractor 2 $203k

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