i guys,
I just joined this forum and I am very interested to learn more about typography and design composition.
I tried to post it on the typography section but there was like almost no one at there :( so, I hope you guys don’t mind that I post it here
FYI, I was a student in graphic design program but I dropped out after my first year because I just don’t have enough money to continue so, while I am trying to save the money, I was thinking to keep on practice because I am still not very clear when to stop or dram the line what is good enough.
I have few books about typography from my class textbook
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton
Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design by Timothy Samara
The Ten Commandments of Typography by Paul Felton and Jonathan Barnbrook
Lay Out Work Book
Designer and The Grid
but I need to say that I am not very book person :(
I am just wondering what is the best practice for me to do it daily?
I am more than willing to make a commitment to my self to sit for 2-3 hours every single day and only to play around with typography and design composition (I have two jobs).
Btw, I tried to read a book about grid system but I think its a bit avanced for me because I don’t really get it.
For my future goal, I just want to work around typography, publication,web/motion and branding. My current goal is want to have a better handle of kerning, spacing, and choosing the right combination of font type for poster design and understand better design composition in print media .
Plus, I want to learn how I can create my own type face. I tried to sketched some font type then, I scanned it and trace few of them at illustrator but then, what’s next for me.
I am quite clueless
I was thinking to took some words from magazine articles/lyrics, type it manually, and play around so, I can have better handle at spacing and kerning but I dunno.
by the way, is they any some kind of online courses (small budget) for typography?
thanks guys
