Typography Resources

If you're a graphic designer looking to make the jump to typo-graphic designer, these ebooks and courses are made for you. Each one is completely free and (should!) improve the quality of your type.

Typography eBooks

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Seven Essential Typographic Layout Systems

99% of designs use the same two layouts—and like most defaults, they're starting to get really old. In reality, there are seven essential layout systems. Learn them all and make designs that stand out from the crowd.

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Seven Deadly Sins of Typography

Developing an interest in typography can be a dangerous endeavor for a graphic designer. There's so much to learn, you could spend your entire life dedicated to it. Get a taste and learn the necessary basics in this quick and easy-to-read ebook.

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Nine Best Fonts You Already Have

People think they need expensive “premium” fonts to create beautiful designs. But that’s not true. Download the 9 best fonts you already have and learn the ins-and-outs of your top fonts. This free PDF will show you how and why to pick a font.

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An Illustrated Guide to Type Measurements

It's hard to keep all the measurements straight: points, picas, ems, inches, pixels, etc. It can all get very confusing. This free PDF will show you exactly what all these terms mean and how they fit together.

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Design Angles: Interviews

A part of my education has been meeting and interviewing some of the best living type and graphic designers. Read interviews with Tobias Frere-Jones, Stephen Doyle, Dr. Fiona Ross, and Georg Seifert in Design Angles.

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Design Angles: Interviews

Two of the landing pages I've built have earned $85,000 for their companies in just over 6 months. But building a landing page from scratch isn't simple. It involves planning, writing, sketching, and designing. Read Design a Landing Page in 4 Steps to learn my exact process.

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Typography Courses

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Type & Color Video Course

It's easy to get comfortable with objective things like type and layout, but every great designer is a color expert. Learn the ins-and-outs of color with this quick, free video course.

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Gestalt Practitioner Email Course

Many early modernist designers didn't call themselves "designers," they preferred the term "Gestalt Practitioners." Gestalt Psychology underlies everything we do in design, so become a Gestalt Practitioner with this quick, free email course.

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