Typography Courses and Certifications

Flux Academy

How to Choose Fonts - Step by Step

A five-step process for choosing, pairing, evaluating, and testing fonts to match a design brief, mood, format, and layout.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adobe

Lettering for a Summer Festival - Part 2: Mockups and Branding Elements

Explore a graphic designer’s process for turning festival lettering into dimensional, color-tested type and branded poster and merchandise mock-ups.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adobe

Font Formats - Past, Present, and Future - The Adobe Fonts Show

Explore the history and practical differences of TTF, MM, OTF, web, and variable font formats, including how to identify them in Photoshop.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Web Conferences Amsterdam

Problems Solved by OpenType - CSS Day 2024

Explore OpenType's solutions for typography challenges in web design, enhancing text aesthetics and functionality across digital platforms.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Wade McMaster

Powerful AI Text Generator in Kittl - Tutorial

Discover how to use Kittl's AI Text Generator powered by Ideogram AI to create stunning typography, integrate it into designs, and combine it with AI image features for impressive results.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

media.ccc.de

The Art of Text Rendering

Explore typography fundamentals and text rendering techniques for digital displays, covering glyphs, unicode, kerning, and advanced rendering concepts.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dansky

Custom Lettering Mistakes Most Designers Make

Discover common pitfalls in custom lettering and learn professional techniques to avoid design mistakes that weaken your typography work.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

School of Motion

Kinetic Typography in After Effects - Part 1

Step through building a kinetic typography piece in After Effects, syncing animated text, audio, layers, effects, and camera movement into a motion graphics project.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

School of Motion

Kinetic Typography in After Effects - Part 2

Continue building a kinetic typography video in After Effects with camera animation, audio-timed motion, and workflow techniques for managing a large composition.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Design Cuts

Building Personalised Presentations Using Fonts with James Martin

Use custom and handwritten type to turn letters into shapes, build a logo, and present it in an Instagram tile.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Design Cuts

Understanding and Managing Fonts with Kim Klassen

Organize, clean up, activate, and select fonts using collections and font-management tools for design projects.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Typographic Principles in Graphic Design

Discover the role of typographic principles in graphic design, focusing on hierarchy, consistency, emphasis, and contrast to create effective visual communication.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Type Classification

Explore the fundamentals of type classification, including serif and sans-serif styles, letter anatomy, and the classification systems for both Latin and Devanagari scripts.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Type Construction

Explore the formal attributes of type design, including optical breaks, ink-traps, ligatures, and spacing concepts essential for effective typography.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Web Conferences Amsterdam

Font Performance Strategies for Web Optimization

Master essential web font optimization techniques to enhance website performance, from efficient loading strategies to format selection, ensuring optimal user experience without sacrificing design.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video