Design a Digital Font from A to Z

Design of a digital Typography from A to Z

“Well, dear ones, we have already reached the end. Throughout the course we have learned a couple of things about myself and what moves me to get into these fregaos, we have talked about how to approach a typographic project, what programs you can use and how to order your files. We have started to investigate about Glyphs, some peculiarities of this type of programs and our field of work, the character game. Then we have tried the handwriting part, both in theory and in practice, we have learned to place them correctly, draw them using their modular features and take advantage of Glyphs tools to make the task easier. Once we draw our alphabet we have taken care of the white spaces between the letters that will give the correct texture and rhythm to our lyrics. We have achieved this by spacing and creating kerning pairs. Then we have dealt with the issue of making our source really useful: we have expanded the character set to write anything with our lyrics, we have applied OpenType functions to make it more versatile, we have learned how to use scripts that make our work easier, how to improve its aspect on screen and how to expand our family using our friends mathematics. I thank you for your attention, and I congratulate those of you who have arrived here, because this typesetting is not a matter of a couple of hours. But hey, nobody said it was easy! Remember that you have me for the forum of the course to solve your doubts. Regards!!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Well, we have already arrived at the end of our course. I've already taken a couple of eucalyptus candies and I have the voice again well after so much talk. And now let's do, first, a little summary of what we've done so far. I first introduced myself, in case someone did not know me. Then we've been seeing what my influences are, what are the books I like, where do I shoot when I want to see lyrics. Some of them I hope that you liked and you have read them. Then I've explained a little some little tips on how to work with typefaces. I think it's not good in a course like this be in a hurr...”

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Course summary for: Design a Digital Font from A to Z

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (199)
• 4392 students
• 6 units
• 34 lessons (8h 37m)
• 19 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs

• Areas

  Graphic Design, Traditional illustration, Typography, Typography Design