Microtypography: Basics of Typographical Composition

You will begin by knowing the work of David Kimura and you will get into editorial design from the perspective of a passionate microtype.

With some reference examples, you will discover the importance of typography and the correct choice of each parameter in the texts.

You will learn the basic concepts that every designer must know before starting an editorial project. David will explain important topics such as typographic selection and fundamental orthotypography.

Next, you will immerse yourself in the microtype. You will know the basic rules to correctly space the characters, the importance of the body, the interline, the width of the box and the relationship between them and typographic selection.

You will learn to justify texts on the left and on both sides, and to prepare paragraph and character styles.

You will also discover which are the most common problems and errors in the text composition process and how to solve them without spoiling the paragraph formation.

Finally, you will work on the galleys of a text, applying the criteria learned.