Graphic Design Tutorials: (Really) Basic typography

It's not a technical tutorial - it's a creative walk through of really basic typography application.

[nirvanaxfanify]

Wow, this is beautiful! I'm currently 2 minutes in, but I can say right now, I have learned so much already! Thanks SO much for the deeper meaning behind letters and the importance of originality! Finally, a tutorial without "have the distance at exactly..." or "have the hex code..." Very inspirational! Don't stop what you're doing! It's amazing!

[EG-lgok]

Thank you thank you! I do my own work and can't afford to go back to school so am looking to find help elsewhere. This was really helpful for me as a beginning to typography lessons as I didn't feel too intimidated and actually fully understand what you were saying. Very helpful and encouraging for a beginner especially thank you

[jonnyboymusic]

This was pretty cool, Shawn! I liked how a small change, made a different impact on the text.

[suliyamazou]

can i just say when i started watching this video i was thinking "okay this guys just weird" but as i got to the end and you further explained i got to see and appreciate the logic and i think its hella cool what we can get from simple shapes!! Looking forward to watching more videos !!

[williamrichards]

Nice introduction to typography, I have been doing this for a while as an amateur and had discovered some of the things you talked about for myself, but you've put some meat on the bones and let me know I'm on the right track.

[eds]

Shawn...you're tutorials are very inspiring. I set myself up Nov 2014 as a graphic designer and am constantly looking for guidance and advice on how I could do things differently. Thank you.

[anivad]

A very useful video in that you have put into words and demonstrated what my eyes and sub conscious tell me. For example when you altered the spacing between the letters it was a case of " I can now understand why that looks so much better"
The video is easy to understand as there is not too much technical stuff in it. Keep them coming and thank you very much.

[johnbungar]

You and Ms. Lesa Snider are my inspiration in this field of graphic designing. First video and I learned a lot!

[Infernovogel]

Wonderful! Thank you! I actually spent two years in a (not very good) schol for design and never found a connection with typography. But this thinking about it as shapes gives me a starting point to tinker around and actually have fun with typefaces and I believe that to be the best way to learn. Thank you so much for this video!

[jarreaddavison]

Thanks for not trying to show how smart you are and really trying to help people.

[WeerayutTeja]

I got a lot from your videos. I learn so fast just watching your videos.
Thanks Shawn!

[civ]

Very good tutorial. The placing it on thirds you are talking about is called rule of thirds, it is used a lot in photography and composition.

[CosplayLosAngeles]

thank you so much. i was searching for typography foundations before. but wasn't able to find your channel!!!! time to watch all your videos . . .

[timgrist]

Very interesting Shawn. I''m not a graphic designer but I appreciate the concepts you're sharing here.

[antonsmid]

Shawn, your tutorials are great! I've already gone through the Design 101 series. Very valuable information. Thank you very much.

[FenrirLokison]

very cool, i liked watching you play with the words and seeing the different effects it had :]

[NiklasKarvonen]

Totally amazing video!! Been looking for vids like this all over since I am what I refer to as "Graphically handicapped". I am a web developer and it doesn't matter how good the code is behind the scenes because people judge by the way things look (customers often no nothing about code). You've managed to in 30 minutes teach me ALOT and I really hope you could post some more videos. (The grid tut is just as great!)
More vids! More vids! More vids!!! =)

[daphytanplaylist]

This is a real clear introduction to Typography!
Great Tutorial! :)

[ilanasatori]

Thank you so much. You just gave me a new perspective on Typography and design

[zResetify]

This video was very helpful really starting to get into graphic design since I work as a web page coder.

Planning on going into full web building for my bosses company and this and your other video was great help will be glad to see more.