Typography + FLOSS Graphics

Typography (to understand)

1. Serif, Sans, and others
2. Line terms
3. Measurements
4. Kerning
5. Leading
6. Wrapup

Examples (to work through)

1. Sizing text in ems
2. Choosing a measure
3. Choosing a scale
4. Calculating line height
5. Print stylesheets
6. Image Replacement

FLOSS graphics (to use)

1. Gimp
2. Inkscape
3. Dia
4. Scribus
5. Blender

inkscape

Inkscape is a vector graphics program that saves its documents in the industry standard SVG format. It is also available for Linux, Mac, and Windows.