Typography 101 - fundamentals of typography

The fundamentals of typography in one document.

Typography is one of the basics aspects of design, that when mastered and understood, helps elevate your design to the next level.

And what is there to know about typography? Well, a lot.

Typography is an art form. It is indispensable to us as designers.

Although this started more as a project for myself (because I couldn't for the life of me remember all the terminology), I thought it might be really useful for others as well. So I worked it out into a full starter guide, so that you don't have to figure it all out yourself.

It provides a starting point to all there is to know about typography. We go over the following topics in this guide:

• A bit of type history
• Type terminology - there is A LOT to cover here
  • Page layout terms
  • Type anatomy
  • Type setting terms
  • Font files
  • and much more!
• Type classifications
• My personal typeface recommendations

This document is for those that love design and want to know more about typography so that you can use it more intentionally in your designs. The more you know about it, the better you'll be able to use it!

(Please email me to let me know if you have any questions or feedback regarding this guide. It helps me create better products that help you the most!)

Thank you :)

Iris • & the design