Design a Digital Font from A to Z

A look at Python and scripts

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: A look at Python and scripts

Overview

“In the programs of creation of sources, we can program small scripts that simplify or automate tasks. Although learning to program exceeds the possibilities of this course, we can search and use the scripts shared by the community of designers and programmers. ”

In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: A look at Python and scripts, 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] Learn to program in Python you need a Domestika contest just for that but it’s good to know that it exists and above all, find. Python schedules that other programmers do and offer them for free so we can use them. In the typography programs We can not only do small schedules. OpenType are not really schedules because OpenType is not a programming language but we can also do real programming in the Python language. In the Macros panel, we see here open in Glyphs. We can write our own tools in this language To make languages. Our own Plugins, so to speak. These plugins or extensions,...”

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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.