Typography Critique Week 4 - Two Point Sizes, Two Weights

[@kelpygreen]

every time milka says "beautiful" i get so happy

[@MehmetnurArslan]

Ğř 8ob8v

[@antonysmitherson4949]

Every 5 minutes: Chris: moves randomly things around because the shortcut is not working Milka: BAUTIFUL

[@monicaharrison1979]

So glad Milka is along for the journey. I love her!

[@mauriciodavida8921]

Another fantastic Critique! I'm concerned 'cause this amazing series isn't getting a lot of views in comparison with short videos, I don't want you guys to stop doing these series that are pure gold! Thank you!

[@TheFuturAcademy]

We will start doing Cutdowns

[@martinaspasova5110]

As a UI designer these videos are actually quite helpful to me. Since you mentioned it, I would love to see more on web typography from you two!

[@fotismallinakis7267]

You are fantastic teachers! All the typography critique series is so valuable!

[@daryayukimenka2361]

Omg I love this series sososo much - I have no education in design, just a natural interest in it and you guys are so generous giving out all this knowledge - this is incredibly valuable and highly appreciated. I'm currently creating all my business stuff by myself (logo, business cards the whole shabang) and I wouldn't be able to if it wasn't for you. Thank you!

[@TheFuturAcademy]

Our pleasure!

[@milka1502]

Congratulations! Keep on rocking :)

[@eldardossov7639]

fOR me, English is not my even 2nd language. And Milka`s expressions are very understandable and convey her ideas very well.

[@milka1502]

Aw! Thank you Eldar for your kind compassion :)

[@andomaker]

I absolutely love these sorts of videos. These types of videos are my best way to learn design. There are some recurring themes through both the designs themselves and the feedback provided by Chris and Milka. It seems like a lot of these designs are forcing certain design patterns, like a lot of these designs implementing a "satellite" or working the type all the way to the edges of the page and cutting things off... Not that these are bad solutions or anything, but it can get repetitive. While I do agree with some/most of the re-designs Chris/Milka do for each work, they always seem to come back to having the same design features but done in a slightly different way.

[@joshuanorris3017]

Totally agree Ando this is in no way a dig at both Chris and Milka but it’s coming across as the only way to fix things/design things. However the fact of the matter is. It looks Dam good when they do it 😂😂

[@milka1502]

We are teaching some of the basic principles of design. Once learn them, then one can take off exploring and experimenting in different ways :)

[@gorski.dorian]

Again! This is Gold! Thank You Chris & Milka

[@matthiaspanopau]

An artist whose work helps to understand more about composition is Jonathan Lasker. I learned a lot already from this wonderful series. Thank you so much, Chris and Milka. ♡

[@mustaphanail2005]

Typography its not just for working and businesses.. its an art it can affect on your life ..Just recently I found out about it and now I feel better ..its help me more as Manga/comic artist as a photographer and I decide to learn it to learn how to design T-shirts ..now I can feel it every where ..and the rules of the Typography it feet in many art sections and in our lives too.now its taking me to another pahts even its not my speciality now. but it will give me more experience and a full sight to all kind of arts .Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge for free..Love from Algeria

[@gzarari]

That is indeed true, someone said to me to take like 10 of their pictures and arrange them because i am a ''designer'' and i know these things, so i used what i learned from typography 01 to do it, something i couldnt do before in a beautiful manner!

[@AndreyUrman]

I'd like to thank Chris again for pointing out the idea of Watching someone else's critique as if it were your own design. Most of the show I've focused on waiting for my layout to show up or focused on the comment section instead of absorbing all the free priceless information that's presented to me. I would also like to ask if you guys could redistribute the attention given to each layout, since you talked about the first few designs for about 10-15mins each and than about 1-2 minutes to the rest of the designs near the end. I'm not saying this so that I could see my layout critiqued, in fact it seems like it wasn't there this time, it just feels like some critiques (Or more like "Redesigns") are being dragged for too long trying to redesign the layouts to reach the "perfect" point which is mostly impossible. To me it's counter-productive to the idea (As Milka said) of seeing and absorbing many different designs and having them analyzed properly.

[@TheFuturAcademy]

Let’s see if we can accommodate this.

[@basiap4711]

I watch this series from the beginning and after this episode I already feel very tired. And not the stream length at all. In my opinion, Chris Do has very accurate insights. He can analyze a lot of projects, give many comments, guide and suggest what can be done better. Accurate, to the point. SPECIFICALLY. From the moment that entered Milka's stream, with all due respect to the knowledge she has, the streams become more and more tiring. I understand that metaphors and sonic articulations can be fun and enjoyable. But it's not only about flowery speech. I did not participate in the challenge, but I agree with the above statement that later there is not enough time for specifics and analysis of other examples. Two different visions of the layout of two different designers. One is very specific and quick in analyze. The second one with a different vision and a longer speach, to much of flowery speech, and getting to the bottom of the design analysis takes much slower. Despite this. I think this is a really nice series. One of the most interesting for me on the channel. Thank you :)

[@daphnetelem4745]

When you are not there yet as a designer, and good design work is presented (just like in understanding any form of art or music), you know it's good but you can't understand it yet. It's like playing hide and seek. You KNOW it's there, somewhere, just need to find it. A fun, and often frustrating, challenge.

[@milka1502]

I like your analogy and your appreciation for Good Design :)

[@xydy1313]

Thank you Chris and Milka for the wonderful critique. I have enjoyed the whole session and learned really a lot from it. However, after thinking about the session, I came out with a suggestion for you to consider, though I'm not sure if it is practical. I found that many layouts submitted actually share very similar problems, such as, "no focus point", "too competing", or "too boring". Instead of comment on each individual piece, I think it may be much easier for the audience to grasp the idea by categorizing and generalize them. It also helps the students to figure out the category their work belongs to by referring and examining multiple examples within the same category. Also, by grouping the problems, it may repeat and enhance the ideas and techniques used in fixing the problem. Again, a big thank you for your critique session, it helped me so much. Often I fell into the problem of either not able to pinpoint the problem or even if I manage to figure it out, I could not solve the problem effectively. Thanks, Chris and Milka for the wonderful critique, I have enjoyed the full live stream and learned a lot from it.

[@milka1502]

Appreciate the feedback :)

[@truckertim2938]

Typographic, design and creativity of any sort has been a challenge for me in this regard. I love applying it, learning about it, trying, trying and trying however I feel like I am walking on ice and pray I will find a rail, a ledge before I fall on my face. This is true, I am spun tight and uptight because of it. I am going to try something new. I will fall on my face and savor the thoughts and feelings as they come to me.

[@TheFuturAcademy]

You can do it!

[@milka1502]

I'm inspired by your passion and going for it :)

[@caiomonteiro4995]

Loving to see this

[@maxgoodwin8496]

This series is so good! I went to design school, and we did the bare minimum for layout design. Thank you for covering this in detail.

[@milka1502]

Thanks Max for sharing your appreciation :)

[@shamanicchronicles]

Thank you, always learning with your videos!

[@khurramdesigns4126]

Thank you! You are the best teachers!!!

[@kibirangodouglas9167]

Always thankful for the creative ideas n experiment.

[@usercdRik.]

Thank you so much for the effort you guys have put into this . Thank you Chris. I'm really gaining alot. I'm a design student but I'm teaching myself graphic design . This is really helpful . Thank you.

[@amh1772]

Such an amazing video... thanks sooo much. I loved it and learned a lot!

[@alikassar]

Damn!! Can't believe I missed this, going to watch it now, I'm sure it's amazing!

[@mohammedsadam8747]

this is a gold mine

[@maximusdoomed]

OMG....love the cuffs, M!

[@denisfmz]

Milka an extremely polite and kind woman in her technical comments!

[@McPixelWizard]

Regarding Cole Fraser's design and whether or not to rotate the feature names section to horizontal for greater legibility--one of the things I love about it is that it feels like an abstract city skyline with buildings in the distance, too. When you rotate it horizontally, we lose that beauty and it doesn't work for me anymore.

[@joeldcanfield_spinhead]

For years I've been ambivalent about dada, but today, in context, I really felt it. Thanks.

[@TheFuturAcademy]

Dada is amazing.

[@joeldcanfield_spinhead]

@@TheFuturAcademy Do you have favorite purveyors of the style?

[@travdecoop]

Thank you both so much for taking the time out to make this wonderful content

[@joshuanorris3017]

My favourite feeling is when Milka or Chris said “what I would do now is”.... and I guess RIGHT!!

[@TheFuturAcademy]

you are learning

[@milka1502]

So awsome to hear this :)

[@firasgaied9308]

This is incredibly valuable and highly appreciated.

[@thomasnowak431]

Hey Chris, you should sell the awesome Milka Sound Effects CD!!! I love your videos! (Sorry, no Helvetica) Thomas

[@TheFuturAcademy]

Maybe one day!

[@milka1502]

LOL! It sounds like a bus...I'm in :)

[@joshray2117]

10/10 would pay for critiques like this especially from her. does she have a patreon? :o

[@andres_javier]

I didn't watch the whole thing thoroughly, but was they any positive feedback or a piece that did well for the most part? it felt like they were crushing everyone's work

[@eringeorgia207]

Hi, can I ask why your team uses Illustrator instead of InDesign?

[@McPixelWizard]

Regarding acceptable type sizes: I do some work for a government client and they require a minimum of 10 and 11 point type sizes for newsletter body copy. They say it makes the newsletter an easier read. It's unfortunately not a battle I can win all the time

[@TheFuturAcademy]

Then go with 10pt

[@infographie]

Excellent

[@lorraine.-.]

40:00 the fact that the S isn’t a Z is killing my ocd! 🤣

[@AmrEmad2011]

Hey Chris great content as usual keep it going man we are learning tons of stuff , btw Milka's website has some technical issues,I was trying to check her work and i couldn't

[@TheFuturAcademy]

Sign of a successful designer.

[@milka1502]

Thanks Amr for noting that. Pls DM me what the technical issues were that you faced?

[@AmrEmad2011]

​@@milka1502 Oh hey Milka, I sent you an email on your gmail with every thing i faced I hope that will be helpful for you dear

[@milka1502]

Thank you Amr...read your email :)

[@khaledelwan8932]

34:30 when you see it you can never unsee it! Help!!

[@milka1502]

So true!

[@chrislauer6222]

How do I join this community?

[@nirmal486]

I have 1 doubt sir, fonts should not be stretched then how could i make it bigger in poster designs🙇

[@TheFuturAcademy]

scale it up. use a different typeface. or draw/modify it.

[@nirmal486]

@@TheFuturAcademy thanks🙇😄

[@veramagus]

Critiques are getting edgy and tight tight tight .

[@jonchae2]

Hey Chris, are you bald by choice?

[@johnson9768]

he's bold by choice

[@TheFuturAcademy]

always bold. never regular. I'm bald because my hair thinned out a few years ago. I prefer to have a shaved head vs. patchy hair.

[@raymondch33]

Epic reply

[@negative42]

Sorry but that woman is a lil to soft and dreamy for my taste, I prefer the more direct tough love from Chris. But that's just me :D

[@TheFuturAcademy]

She is tough! But I appreciate the sentiment.

[@milka1502]

LOL! :)