Typography  for print can be intimidating to many designers, especially when you  focus on digital mostly. This is why I invited specialist Diana Varma to  share her knowledge of what to pay attention to when dealing with type  for print.  You will learn: 🤩 The advantages of print over digital.

🤩 The differences between readability and legibility.

🤯 The right font sizes & smallest type size you can print (blew my mind).

🤩 How to avoid beginners mistakes in prepress.

🤩 How to best print gray text?

🤩 Accessibility is also a topic that comes up quite a lot during this talk.

Talking Points

02:19 Greetings to Diana Varma

06:09 How Diana’s podcast got started

09:13 Advantages of print typography

14:35 Ideas for digital/analog hybrids

17:02 Type choice for long reading formats in print

22:12 On point and pixel sizes

26:00 Basic tips for print beginners

33:04 How to best print gray text

36:59 Knowing the fundamentals to break the rules

39:07 What fascinates Diana about typography?

41:11 Why Diana prefers Comic Sans over Papyrus

43:08 Easter eggs on Diana’s website

📝 All Show Notes + Video of the talk

🎙️ Diana’s Podcast Talk Paper Scissors

▶️ Video: How to choose a good typeface for body text 

📞 Book your Typographic coaching call