Design a Digital Font from A to Z
Completing the character set. The anchors 1
A course by Juanjo López , Graphic Designer and Typography Expert
About the video: Completing the character set. The anchors 1
Overview
“Although the most difficult thing is done, there are many glyphs left to draw. In this lesson we will see how to create them and simplify this step as much as possible through the wonderful anchors. ”
In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: Completing the character set. The anchors 1, 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
“In this unit. we will delve into the various processes involved in refining and completing our font. Our current focus is on expanding our character set. While we already possess a fundamental alphabet. the next step involves crafting additional letters adorned with diacritical marks. Include numbers. punctuation marks. and basic symbols. Once our uppercase and lowercase letters are well-drawn. properly spaced. and kerning is applied. we conclude this phase. Afterward. we can move on to designing the remaining characters for our font. such numbers. punctuation. and symbols. ensuring they al...”
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Course summary for: Design a Digital Font from A to Z
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Calligraphy & Typography -
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Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs -
Areas
Graphic Design, Traditional illustration, Typography, Typography Design
Juanjo López
A course by Juanjo López
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.
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