Design a Digital Font from A to Z

To the mess, drawing and testing letters 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: To the mess, drawing and testing letters 2

Overview

“Let's go with the second part”

In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: To the mess, drawing and testing letters 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] Well, now I will do, I'm going to draw a few letters that derive from others. Before, in the lesson about the components, we have already created three letters very easily starting from two others. And now let's see if starting from that I can create some more in the simplest way possible. For example, taking the N, the only two related letters or the two most related letters I have on hand would be the R and would be the U. So well The first thing we are going to do is R. I bring an N directly, instead of taking component component, I bring the whole N and I break it down. Well, it...”

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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.