Type Basics History of Joanna Nova
The Eric Gill Series is a collection of 77 fonts in three families: •Gill Sans Nova •Joanna Nova •Joanna Sans Nova All the typefaces are derived from the original work of the influential British artist Eric Gill, acclaimed in his lifetime as a type designer and other proffesions.
Joanna is a serif typeface designed by Eric Gill in the period 1930-31, and named the fontype after one of her daughters. Gill chose Joanna for setting a book by Gill on his thoughts on typography, typesetting, and page design.
In 2015, Monotype released a more complete and fuller-bodied digitisation named Joanna Nova by Ben Jones.
1 Introduction
In this booklet, I will be presenting: •Leading •Kerning •Tracking •Size •Allignments •Weights •Style •Hierarchy •Handglovery
I will be showing these type basics using the font type Joanna Nova.
2 Joanna
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3 Nova
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ABCDEF GHIJKLM NOPQRS TUVWXYZ 1234567890 abcdef ghijklm nopqrs tuvwxyz !@£$%^&*()_+
4 Leading
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Joanna Nova 10pt Joanna Nova 11pt Joanna Nova 12pt Joanna Nova Joanna Nova Joanna Nova Joanna Nova Joanna Nova Joanna Nova Joanna Nova Joanna Nova Joanna Nova Joanna Nova Joanna Nova Joanna Nova
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Joanna Nova
In typography, leading refers to the distance between the baseline successive lines of type.
5 Kerning
Space between each individual letterform Optical
Space between each individual letterform 0
Space between each individual letterform Metrics
Space between each individual letterform -100
Space between each individual letterform -50
Space between each individual letterform -5
Space between each individual letterform 5
Space between each individual letterform 10
Space between each individual letterform 50
Space between each individual letterform 100
6 Ascender
Ear Stem Terminal
BracketHandgloveryCrossbar Counter Link/Neck
7 Bowl Eye Shoulder Serif CAP-HEIGHT
X - HEIGHT
BASELINE HandgloveryAxis Overshoot Aperture
Loop/Lobe Tail Descender
8 Tracking Adjusts the space between every letter within a word -100
Adjusts the space between every letter within a word -50
Adjusts the space between every letter within a word -10
Adjusts the space between every letter within a word 0
Adjusts the space between every letter within a word 5
Adjusts the space between every letter within a word 10
Adjusts the space between every letter within a word 50
Adjusts the space between every letter within a word 100
Adjusts the space between every letter within a word 200
9 Size
Joanna Nova 6pt Joanna Nova 8pt Joanna Nova 9pt Joanna Nova 10pt Joanna Nova 11pt Jonna Nova 12pt Joanna Nova 14pt Joanna Nova 18pt Joanna Nova 24pt Joanna Nova 30pt Joanna Nova 36pt
10 Aligment
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11 Weights
Defines from thin to thick characters.
Thin
Thin Italic
Light
Light Italic
Regular
Italic
Book
Book Italic
Medium
Medium Italic
Bold
Bold Italic
ExtraBold
ExtraBold Italic
Black
UltraBlack 12 Style
Joanna Nova - Thin Joanna Nova - Light Joanna Nova - Regular Joanna Nova - Italic Joanna Nova - Book Joanna Nova - Medium Joanna Nova - Bold Joanna Nova - ExtraBold Joanna Nova - Black Joanna Nova - UltraBlack
Font style refers to the size, weight, colour and style of the typed characters. Font style changes the appearance of a complete set of characters that make up a typeface.
13 Hierarchy
Typographic hierarchy is a system for orgaising type that shows an order of importance within the piece, allowing the reader to easily find what they are looking for and to navigate around the whole content.
YOUR EYES START HERE
Then follow to here
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