From the course: Introduction to Graphic Design: Illustrator
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Challenge: Type - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Introduction to Graphic Design: Illustrator
Challenge: Type
(upbeat music) - [Tony] Here's a challenge for you. Do you agree with my choice of weights and sizes for the type here, or would you have done it differently? For example, would you have decided that this long line here, now I know have given you an impossible month there, but would you have instead broken this across onto another line and made more of the actual number? Generally, people who look at gig posters are pretty tuned in and they're looking out for them all the time. So they were probably notice a new poster really quickly. And this information might be very, very important. The space in between the lines as well there might be something you might want to change to make sure that their proximity to one another is clearly showing that they are related content. Remember, that proximity is an important part of one of the principles of layout and indeed design. Do you think that "at the" here on the top is…
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Adding the print area3m 22s
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Creating a modular grid3m 47s
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Creating a color theme3m 43s
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Drawing the divider5m 2s
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Choosing fonts2m 47s
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Using area type4m 28s
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Create type hierarchies5m 5s
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Rotating and scaling area text3m 14s
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Challenge: Type1m 48s
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Adding images4m 38s
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Using Image Trace5m 21s
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Recoloring artwork1m 51s
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Changing the blending1m 58s
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Create a clip group2m 53s
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Placing an Illustrator file1m 51s
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Creating custom shapes7m 9s
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Challenge: Tweak the layout2m 6s
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