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How can you improve your type layouts? How can you sharpen your typography skills? This is an in-depth Critique of the Futur Typography Manual w/ Molly Drill. We review the first draft of the typography manual. This is the Futur of Education— Disrupting the design education paradigm. -- 0:54 Q: What are you using as your principal typeface? 3:43 Adjust your typeface leading for consistency 4:24 the typeface weights are too similar 5:05 Justify Numbers to the right 6:55 Be mindful of grid lines 10:27 Choose one direction and refine it 11:15 Adjust column width or point size for maximum of 7 words 11:35 Create contrast between the title and body text with larger point size. 13:10 The baseline is typically the strongest horizontal line 13:58 Take hierarchy into account 16:40 Think about the alignment and arrangement of force line break text. 18:25 Fibonacci Spacing: Play around with the text it until it works 21:58 Add Structure to help anchor typefaces 24:12 Use Motifs 27:53 Less can be stronger 29:22 Outro
