Design a Digital Font from A to Z

The drawing tools of Glyphs 2

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 drawing tools of Glyphs 2

Overview

“Do not leave yet that there are still more”

In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: The drawing tools of Glyphs 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

“[Music] An interesting thing about Glyphs it's on the one hand, that's good I have two ovals here, two ovals as the program does to me, that is, quite ugly ovals, mathematical ovals really, and an O normally has more tension Here in the corners. With what we do not usually create a better way. If I want to change the tension of a curve. in this case I will change it from all O. There is a very interesting menu here called "Adjust Curve" with which I can change the tension in a very tight way and in a way that I can copy and paste tensions, so to speak, in other letters. Do not copy and past...”

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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.