Design a Digital Font from A to Z

Illustrator and Glyphs, that strange couple

A course by Juanjo López , Graphic Designer and Typography Expert

98% positive reviews (199)

4,392 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Illustrator and Glyphs, that strange couple

Overview

“Any typographic software has better drawing tools than any design program, but it does not hurt to know how to make our letters travel well from one another. ”

In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: Illustrator and Glyphs, that strange couple, 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] [Click] You are graphic designers you will be used to the programs of the trade, and the vectors generally You draw with Illustrator. Illustrator is a great program but specifically to make typefaces is far below the real programs of drawing fonts, Still, as you will probably have typefaces already illustrated in Illustrator, I will explain how to pass the letters from one program to another. If you are designers you will be familiar with the programs of vector drawing and you will generally use Adobe Illustrator, although it is a great program, when drawing letters any font creatio...”

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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

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.