Design a Digital Font from A to Z

The vertical metric

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: The vertical metric

Overview

“Typography does not float in outer space. Let's see how to place the horizontal lines on which to base our typography. ”

In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: The vertical metric, 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] Set the proportions between lowercase, uppercase, ascending letters and descending letters It is very important when drawing our characters. To the imaginary lines that guide us to place all those characters We will call it "the vertical metric." The vertical metric are these horizontal lines what we put to establish what are certain important sizes in our letter. They are not only guides, they are not only guides like the ones we could put in Illustrator to help us draw, but in typography design programs they are sizes, they are important dimensions that must be respected and that ...”

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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.