Course summary
- 9 courses (57 lessons)
- 15 downloads (9 files)
- 9 exercises
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Glyphs
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Course 1: Features and Advantages of Using Glyphs
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U1: Presentation: introduction to Glyphs
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U2: Glyphs and Glyphs Mini
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U3: Download and install
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U4: Accessories
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U5: Practice
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Course 2: Getting to Know the Interface
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U1: Create a new file or project
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U2: Walk through the interface
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U3: Menus
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U4: Font Window and Glyph Window
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U5: Additional windows
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U6: Practice
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Course 3: Font Information
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U1: What is font info?
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U2: Source
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U3: Masters
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U4: Instances
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U5: Features
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U6: Other settings and notes
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U7: Practice
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Course 4: Making Your First Drawings
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U1: Advantages of drawing in Glyphs
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U2: Review of basic tools
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U3: Bézier curves, points and directions
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U4: Layers (versions) and image tracing
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U5: Import from Illustrator
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U6: Practice
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Course 5: Drawing Tools
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U1: Draw a letter, the orthogonality of the points
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U2: Adjust dimensions and curves
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U3: Transformations
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U4: Filters
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U5: Components
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U6: Accents
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U7: Practice
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Course 6: Basic Concepts about Spacing
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U1: Spacing basics
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U2: Assign metrics
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U3: Kernings and kerning groups
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U4: Test spacing
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U5: Practice
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Course 7: Going Beyond the Letters
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U1: A type is not just designing letters
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U2: Open type features: what they are and what they are for
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U3: Create additional characters and nomenclature
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U4: Generate open type features
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U5: Test open type features
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U6: Scripts and other useful tools
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U7: Practice
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Course 8: Typographic Families and Variable Fonts
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U1: What is a font family
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U2: What are variable types and what do they allow us?
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U3: Define axes
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U4: Generate and define masters
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U5: Generate and define Instances
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U6: Practice
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Course 9: Exporting and Generating an Executable File
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U1: File types, usage and differences
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U2: Prior check
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U3: "Export" window
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U4: Generate OTF / TTF file
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U5: Generate variable file
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U6: Webfonts
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U7: Practice
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Wete
By Wete
Juanra, better known as Wete, is a graphic designer specialized in typography. After working for various studios in Barcelona, he decided to carve out his own path and focus on what he loved most: typography. With that goal in mind, he founded his own studio, and alongside several friends, he created Ultra Types, a small online type foundry that specializes in display typefaces with a unique approach that sets it apart from larger type foundries.
He has worked on projects for top brands like Adobe, HP, Reebok, Desigual, W Hotels, and Mobile World Congress, among others. His work has also been featured in The Complete Guide to Designing Handmade Type by Charlotte Rivers, Page Unlimited (Sandu 360 Japan), Typodarium, Étapes, Computer Arts, and many more.
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