Start with typography.

Unless you’re new around here, you’ve heard us say this a few times: the best graphic designers start with type. For those who are unfamiliar with typography, it’s essentially the linchpin that holds all graphic design together.

The basic principles of typography all impact design: scale, contrast, balance, hierarchy, and repetition. Having a good grasp on the fundamentals is a sure-fire way to make sure your designs and layouts always hit the mark.

In this video, Chris and designer Emily Xie review and critique poster designs submitted by fans. They offer up helpful suggestions, design alternatives and explore different design options.

If you want to learn typography, or learn how to improve your design skills, watch this video.

What’s a Rich Text element?

The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.

Static and dynamic content editing

A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!

How to customize formatting for each rich text

Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.