Design a Digital Font from A to Z
A little bit of organization
A course by Juanjo López , Graphic Designer and Typography Expert
About the video: A little bit of organization
Overview
“I'm going to show you a way to organize the files that we will generate by making our source. ”
In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: A little bit of organization, 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
“When crafting a typeface. numerous files are created. including scanned pages from vintage books and drawings on paper. Additionally. around thirty to forty digital files related to the typography itself must be meticulously labeled as “My Typeface 22.” ensuring clarity and organization throughout the design process. Final version. those sorts of things. Let's delve into organizing everything into folders. ensuring each item we encounter has its place. This method helps maintain order and efficiency. especially when dealing with When designing a typeface. we deal with numerous files because...”
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Course summary for: Design a Digital Font from A to Z
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Calligraphy & Typography -
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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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