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.) -- Learn to code for free and get a developer job: https://www.freecodecamp.org Read hundreds of articles on programming: https://freecodecamp.org/news ❤️ Support for this channel comes from our friends at Scrimba – the coding platform that's reinvented interactive learning: https://scrimba.com/freecodecamp