Design a Digital Font from A to Z
Hinting for clumsy
A course by Juanjo López , Graphic Designer and Typography Expert
About the video: Hinting for clumsy
Overview
“In this lesson we are going to see the problems that the typography finds when it is shown on screens and we will learn how to prepare our source to avoid them. ”
In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: Hinting for clumsy, 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
“Understanding hinting involves improving fonts for better on-screen readability. Here. we’ll guide you through smoothly applying hinting techniques to enhance your font’s appearance without complicating the process. Hinting consists of instructions embedded in fonts that help determine their appearance on low-resolution devices like computer screens. These instructions become crucial when letters need to be displayed at sizes such as 9-point or 12-point type. making it difficult to preserve the original shape and clarity In our design process. we created vector elements that required carefu...”
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Course summary for: Design a Digital Font from A to Z
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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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