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Lesson 2: Lettering and Layouts

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  • Overview
  • Text on Maps
  • Typographic Design
  • Creating Symbols with Labels
  • Label Placement
  • Layout Essentials
  • Building a Legend
  • Marginalia Design
  • Lesson 2 Lab
  • Summary and Final Tasks

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Lessons

  • Welcome to GEOG 486 - Cartography and Visualization
    • Lesson 1: Basemaps and Big Picture Design
    • Lesson 2: Lettering and Layouts
      • Overview
      • Text on Maps
      • Typographic Design
      • Creating Symbols with Labels
      • Label Placement
      • Layout Essentials
      • Building a Legend
      • Marginalia Design
      • Lesson 2 Lab
      • Summary and Final Tasks
    • Lesson 3: Flow Mapping and Projections
    • Lesson 4: Terrain Mapping
    • Lesson 5: Color, Classification, and Choropleth Symbolization
    • Lesson 6: Proportional Symbolization
    • Lesson 7: Multivariate Symbology
    • Lesson 8: Interactive Mapping
    • Lesson 9: Beyond the Map

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