Typography tips for sketchnoters

+ an announcement

Hi everyone!

Let’s get into today’s topic:

Since sketchnotes are a combination of WORDS and PICTURES, it’s a good idea to think about how we write, not just how we draw.

See more in the gallery below.

Now let’s see all of these in action. (Here is an example, I hope this will make sense and not confuse you guys…)

A few tips about handwriting:

• I think that in sketchnotes, it’s best to have handwriting that is easy to read and that you can differentiate based on how important something is.

• It doesn’t need to be capital letters, but I found that for me, that works best

• Slow down when you write. This might be counterintuitive because sketchnoting is all about speed, but at the same time, if you rush your handwriting, it will be hard to read and it will ruin the quality of your sketchnote. So fight the urge and just slow down.

• If you are drawing digitally, use a grid to keep your lines straights. This helps me tremendously.

I’m currently preparing a book proposal. It’s a non-fiction book for kids aged 5-8 about different scientific subjects. I found a comic that I’m probably not going to include, so I though I would share it here.

That’s it for this week. If you have any questions about type, or you want to send me those selfies, just hit reply to this email.