Design a Digital Font from A to Z
Welcome and presentation
A course by Juanjo López , Graphic Designer and Typography Expert
About the video: Welcome and presentation
Overview
“Here I will talk about my relationship with the letters and with my work, I will show you some examples and we will see what this course is about. ”
In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: Welcome and presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design a Digital Font from A to Z. Learn to design a font from scratch with Glyphs, Illustrator, and OpenType functions.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hello. good day. Thanks for purchasing the course and for joining me today. Over the coming weeks. we'll spend many valuable hours together diving into the material. My name is Juanjo López. but you might know In 2004. i joined the forum. Since 'Juanjo' was unavailable and 'Juanjo López' felt too formal. i opted 'Juanjez.' Now. people call me by either name. On the forum. call me Juanjo. because that's my name. I joined to learn design. having no prior experience. and wanted to expand my skills. because my name. my name is Juanjo. I joined the Domestika forum to learn design. as I had no pr...”
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Course summary for: Design a Digital Font from A to Z
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs -
Areas
Graphic Design, Traditional illustration, Typography, Typography Design
Juanjo López
A course by Juanjo López
When Juanjo López joined Domestika in 2004, he decided to him to call himself Juanjez. Since then, it has stuck!
He is a freelance designer and passionate about graphic design and typography, always trying to keep learning whether it's vectors, lettering, calligraphy, or composing with lead or cast iron levers. His digital typefaces, under the name Huy! Fonts, are distributed by YouWorkForThem and MyFonts, among others. He is part of the Familia Plómez, a pre-digital typographic collective from Madrid, and Unostiposduros.com, the biggest typography website in the Spanish-speaking world. In addition to being a designer, he loves teaching and has taught a wide variety of courses and workshops on typography, lettering, and letterpress.
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Recommended software & tools for this course
Adobe Illustrator
GlyphsCategory
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