TYPOGRAPHYvasuki belavadi

readerdept. of communication

s n schooluniversity of hyderabad

What is “Typography?”

• The art and technique of printingprinting• The study and “process” of typefaces• Theory and practice of letter and typeface

design. It is concerned with design elements that can be applied to the letters and text on a page.

Fonts

• Concerned with the style and size of typefaces.

• All sets of type including letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and other special symbols of the same style and size is called a font.

Kinds & types of fonts

• Sans-SerifArial, Verdana,Hattenschweiler

•SerifTimes New Roman, Garamond, Bodoni BT Black

• Variable WidthArial, Times New

Roman are VW Fonts.

Letter, Letter

• Fixed Width

Courier New

Letter, Lucida Console Letter

Some Font Examples

• Quick brown foxes jump - Times New Roman

• Quick brown foxes jump - Bookman Old Style• Quick brown foxes jump - Courier New

• Quick brown foxes jump - Trebuchet MS

• Quick brown foxes jump - Comic Sans MS - Webdings

Typography: Attributes Styles,

Bold, Italic, Underline, Shadow, Colour

This is Arial in Bold This is Times New Roman in Italics This is Book Antiqua underlined

• This is Arial with a shadow• This is Arial with a shadow

• This is Arial with a shadow & in too many colours!• This is Arial with a shadow & in too many colours!

Leading, Kerning

Space b/w lines of text is called leadingMy name is Vasuki Belavadi. I am a Reader at S N School, University of Hyderabad. University of Hyderabad is located in Gachibowli.

Space b/w 2 alphabets of a wordMy name is Vasuki Belavadi. I am a Reader at S N School, University of Hyderabad. University of Hyderabad is located in Gachibowli.

My name is Vasuki Belavadi. I

am a Reader at S N School,

University of Hyderabad.

University of Hyderabad is

located in Gachibowli.

M y n a m e i s V a s u k i B e

l a v a d i.

Letters: Characteristics

Letters: Height

• X-height –the height of the main body of a lower case letter (literally, the x)

• x j

• Cap height –the height of uppercase letters of a font

• A B C

Type measurement

• Points –best standard of measurement

– Measured in smaller increments 0.1

– Used by most programs

– Vocabulary of typesetting is in points

– Used for line spacing and rule thickness

12 points = 1 pica

72 points = 1 inch

6 picas = 1 inch

All values approx.

Using types: Some tips

• Keep body text between 10 and 12 point. Use the same typeface, typesize, and leading for all  body copy.

• Use enough leading (or line spacing). Always add at least 1.5 - 2.0 points to the type size.

• On a newspaper column each line can have up to 60 characters. Do not make your lines too short or too long.

• Make paragraph beginnings clear. Use either an indent or block style for paragraphs. Do not use both at the same time.

• Use only one space after a period, not two.• Do not underline anything, especially not headlines or

subheads since lines separate them from the text with which they belong.

• Use italics instead of underlines.• Do not set long blocks of text in italics, bold, or all

caps because they are harder to read.• Leave more space above headlines and subheads

than below them, and avoid setting them in all caps. Use subheads liberally to help readers find what they are looking for.

Using types: Some tips

Thank you!