Sometimes (like in this case), they are located before the numbers in the glyphs palette. In addition to the individual letter glyphs, there are also fonts that offer swashes and swirls that you can attach on to the ends of letters. It’s easy to get carried away, and want to make every letter fancy, but make sure that each selection is purposeful. Go through letter by letter and pick the character that you think fits your design best. If you look in your glyphs palette, you will now see not only the “h” character that is selected, but 7 different alternative “h’s”! I chose the fifth option for this example. Start by highlighting the letter “h” in “heart”. Let’s add a little zing to this type, shall we? This is what brings your type from drab to fab. The big moment! Go to your menu bar and follow this path to open the glyphs palette: Window>Types and Tables>Glyphs. Using your selection tool (black arrow in the toolbox), you can move your text box so that it’s centered on the page. Lastly, center your type by going to Type>Paragraph> and then aligning center. Make sure your type is still highlighted and then increase the size of the font, either by using the point size in the type palette, or under Type>Size (I made mine at 120pt). For this example, I’m using one of my favorites, and yours, Carolyna Pro Black. You can also do this by going to your menu bar and selecting Type>Font. Highlight your text and go up to the font palette up top to select your font. Step 4: Choose your typeface (aka font) and size For this example I am using “i heart typography”. Go back to the tool box and select the Text Tool (T) and then place your cursor into the rectangular box you just created. To create a text box, select the text box tool from the toolbox and drag out a rectangle shape. You can uncheck the “facing pages” box, that is checked by default. To create a new document, go to File>New Document, and create a letter-sized, 8.5 x 11 document, horizontal orientation. Let’s take a look at where these guys have been hiding out. I’m making this sound magical and ominous because it is. With every font that you own, there is a secret set of characters that you may not have even know exist. The glyphs I’m talking about are the hidden gems of typography. What the heck is a glyph anyway? I picture cavemen drawings, which is close. With that intro out of the way, let’s move on to the first lesson (I feel like I ceremoniously need to put my glasses on and then push them down my nose a bit)… If you have never used InDesign before, try it. InDesign is a page layout program that allows you to use type and image together in a much easier, and more fluid way. While Photoshop does allow you to add type on top of an image, it’s capabilities are limited. Photoshop is intended to correct, enhance and manipulate photography, and that’s what I use it for. There’s a misconception that Photoshop is the best program out there for graphic design. – Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Word (for this lesson, I will be demoing in InDesign)Īdobe InDesign is what I use 85% of the time for my own projects. I’m guessing that if you are reading this you may have one. – An open mind, excitement for design and the desire to bring your work to the next level. What will you need for this (and future) lessons? If there’s something you would like to learn, and it has anything to do with graphic design, blogging design, printables, etc, please let me know, and I’ll add your topic to my growing list. I don’t have a solid plan as to how often these tutorials will be shared, but I do have an arsenal of topics I’d like to cover, from everything to blog design to designing your own wedding invitations. I’ll just be sharing the methods that I personally use and have found to be the easiest and most efficient. I did go to real design school and have my BFA in graphic design, but I hold no degrees or have any formal training in teaching- so please bear with me, and you actual teachers, feel free to chime in and share some pointers that will make my lessons better! You will hear/see me repeat this: There is more than one way to do things. Before we dive in, just a little background on my credentials… My hope is that after reading through my tutorials, you will be “schooling” people, left and right, with your newfound skills. I’m so excited to be starting a new segment today: Design School! Don’t think of it as “school” in the sense that you need to show up on time and hand in your homework to me. In this post, you’ll learn how to use font glyphs to make your designs look more dynamic and professional.
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