Typography for E-Learning

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Whether you’re building click-and-read or highly interactive e-learning, text is one of the primary ways to convey information.

In this session, you’ll learn the essentials of good typography and how to give your course a professional look by choosing and combining the right typefaces.

• Why typography is important
• Typeface vs. font
• Typography terms and anatomy
• Worki ng with type
• Next steps and summary

Resources

• Finding Fonts That Fit Your E-Learning
• Insider Tips for Working with Fonts in Storyline 360
• Everything You Need to Know About Sourcing Fonts
• 8 Questions to Ask When Choosing Fonts & Formatting Text
• What Are Your Favorite Go-To Fonts?
• 3 Interactive Games to Help You Learn About Fonts
• Free PowerPoint Template to Manage Free Fonts
• How to Use a Simple Font Style Guide for Consistent Course Design

E-Books

• How to Use Typography to Improve Your E-Learning
• Essential Guide to Visual Design

Font Tools and Resources

• Google Fonts
• FontPair
• Transfonter
• Google Fonts

Recommended Books

• 100 Design Principles for Working with Type
• Designing with Type, 5th Edition: The Essential Guide to Typography
• Thinking with type: A Critical Guide for Designers
• The Anatomy of Type: A Graphic Guide to 100 Typefaces
• The Typography Idea Book
• The Typography Coloring Book

Inspiration

• Fonts in Use
• I Love Typography
• Type Everything
• Typewolf

Typography Terms Learning

• Type Terms
• Typography Series 01 Anatomy by Martin Silvertant
• Type Anatomy from Typedia
• Typography Basics Cheatsheet

Font Games

• The Font Game (Level 1)
• Typewar
• Kern Type
• Shape Type
• Fontpair.co
• Fontjoy
• Typeconnection

Next Steps

Now that you know why typography is so important in e-learning, it’s time to practice.

1. Create a new project and find a Content Library template you like
2. Insert 6-8 slides to create a practice project
3. Create a new theme font for the project and apply it to the project