Design a Digital Font from A to Z
Some wise advice 2
A course by Juanjo López , Graphic Designer and Typography Expert
About the video: Some wise advice 2
Overview
“This is the second part. As you can see the tips are a few, I think they are important.”
In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: Some wise advice 2, 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
“A tip for those taking this course as their first attempt: I don't recommend going overboard and aiming create the best font ever right away. It's better to focus on learning the basics and gradually improving your skills rather than trying to achieve perfection from the start. We can't expect too much from ourselves we aim to create a versatile font featuring six distinct weights. alongside small caps and an extensive of mathematical symbols. Additionally. we might explore expanding its range with condensed and expanded variants. as well as developing a specialized super version if needed....”
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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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