Design a Digital Font from A to Z

General concepts

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: General concepts

Overview

“Here I explain a few things about the metric of the letter, what is to space and at what time to use the kerning. ”

In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: General concepts, 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] No matter how well our letters are drawn, they will be useless if the spacing between them is incorrect. We will learn basics on how to space the letters well. As well as we have drawn our letters, they will be useless if we don't pay attention to the blanks. In a letter its form is so important, its visible form, so to speak, as your counterform, Like the blanks. Just like when we are working, we have drawn, we are taking advantage of modules, we are taking advantage of thicknesses, we are giving a certain rhythm to the black parts of the letter; a letter must also have A rhythm in...”

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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.