Design a Digital Font from A to Z
Completing the character set. The anchors 2
A course by Juanjo López , Graphic Designer and Typography Expert
About the video: Completing the character set. The anchors 2
Overview
“The second part”
In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: Completing the character set. The anchors 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
“Creating new glyphs using components and anchors allows me to modify them freely. However. disabling automatic alignment ensures that new glyphs integrate properly into the text. Disabling automatic alignment means that any new glyphs I create will be automatically assigned to the paragraphs. This ensures they integrate properly into the text. That is. until I physically interact with the original 'A'. i cannot alter the one adorned with an accent it won't directly adjust if I instruct it to replicate the values of A. which would remain unchanged. It alerts me to first disable automatic ali...”
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Course summary for: Design a Digital Font from A to Z
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Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs -
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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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