Design a Digital Font from A to Z

The Spacing 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 Spacing 2

Overview

“The second part”

In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: The Spacing 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] This L, because on the left it would be an H, no problem, and on the right, would be... the left side of the N. Well, I'm going to copy this to paste every time. I could also put the right side of the I, which is exactly the same, or the right side of the D. In fact, instead of putting this, I will put. D, let's copy the D. The D copy to the left side of the N, and in turn the L, copy the D. We have the M, [Click] Let's see, the M that I don't know if we had done it ... do not. The M is obviously N on the left. N on the right, there is no doubt there. [Click] The P, on the left woul...”

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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.