Learning from Print Typography with Diana Varma

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