Design a Digital Font from A to Z

Hi, I'm Glyphs

A course by Juanjo López , Graphic Designer and Typography Expert

98% positive reviews (199)

4,394 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Hi, I'm Glyphs

Overview

“Let's see above what it contains and what it is for what we see in the Glyphs interface. ”

In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: Hi, I'm Glyphs, 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

“[Music] Good though typography design concepts are independent of the programs, In this course we will use Glyphs. Why? Good is for me is the program which has a better learning curve for people who have never done typography and apart is a very complete program. Let's see now a little how Glyphs works. his work philosophy and the most important windows. Well I have opened a very complete source so that we see a little better, the different things the program has, although when we open a new file, what we are going to have first, it will always be a basic alphabet uppercase and lowercase an...”

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

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (199)
4394 students
6 units
34 lessons (8h 37m)
19 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs
Areas
Graphic Design, Traditional illustration, Typography, Typography Design

Juanjo López

A course by Juanjo López

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Graphic Designer and Typography Expert

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.