西文字体设计基础(翻译理论).doc

越来越多的接触英文，许多设计现在都离不开英文字体的设计，所以很有必要介绍一下一些英文设计的基础。也有很多人问，但是我也不是专业做英文字体，刚好看到这篇文章介绍的比较实用而且基础，最重要有图，直观，就翻译来，大家分了……，翻完一看都凌晨了，呵呵，忘情了O(∩_∩)O~哈哈，久了脑子有点蒙，有什么翻译不好的，大家看原作吧，呵呵。希望对你有帮助吧！提供一个西文字体术语的pdf供大家下载！  喜欢字体的朋友可以来i love typeface的官方微博，这里经常会分享交流很多关于字体的各种东西：/archerzuo ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 100% practical. Sketches have been made to explain some basic issues in type design during the workshops. They get used to point out some problems which raise while creating a new typeface. Only some foundations are shown, no deep sophisticated details. 100%实用。在工作室做字体设计的案例时，手绘可以帮助我们解释一些基本的事情。在设计新字体时，手绘可以帮助我们指出一些问题所在。这里，我们就用手绘这种方式来谈一些关于字体的很基础的东西，不深谈。 .................................................................................... 第一部分：视觉平衡 Same size for all! To optically align all characters on a line, they cannot not have exactly the same mathematical height. For example the triangle on this drawing has to be higher than the rectangle. If this is not the case, the triangle will for sure look smaller than the rectangle.While creating a typeface, you want all the letters to have the same height. 视觉平衡！我们把所有字母在视觉上保持水平对齐，但是我们发现他们并没有绝对意义上的相同高度。比如，这个三角形比矩形要高，否则，三角形肯定会看上去比矩形要小。而创造一种字体，你当然想要所有的字母 Also round forms have to exceed the baseline to be optically the same. If the circle would have exactly the same mathematical height as the rectangle, it would look smaller than the square. This doesnt only count for basic forms like triangles, circles and squares. Its essential in type design, because they apply to every single character in a typeface. Then it even doesnt matter if youre designing a latin, cyrillic or greek font. Its a basic principle for any kind of shape. 同样，圆形也需要超出基准线而达到视觉上的对齐。如果圆形和矩形高度相同，那肯定会看起来比矩形小。这不仅适用于三角形、圆形、矩形这些基本行状，而是可以应用在字体设计中的每一个字母，是很重要的一条法则。甚至你设计拉丁文、希腊文都可以应用。这是一条适用于