Creating your own typography
Menus and work tools
A course by Wete , Graphic Designer and Typography Artist
About the video: Menus and work tools
Overview
“Creation of the document with the correct characteristics so that it does not give us problems later. We analyze the indispensable panels and windows to make a type in Glyphs.”
In this video lesson Wete addresses the topic: Menus and work tools, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating your own typography. Learn to design your own typeface and create graphic artwork with personality.
Partial transcription of the video
“WETE Menus and work tools In this lesson we will open Glyphs and do a thorough review. We will see the main windows, the menus and some drawing tools. Let's see it. We give the Glyphs icon and make File, New. Basically this window will open, which would be what is known as Font Window, that is, the window of our typography, of the alphabet. You will see, in the left bar we have the categories, that is, a bit of a classification of what we will find in our alphabet: letters, numbers, punctuation marks, separators, symbols ... etc. Then we have the languages. Here we could generate the glyphs...”
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Course summary for: Creating your own typography
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs -
Areas
Design, Graphic Design, Typography, Typography Design
Wete
A course by Wete
Juanra, better known as Wete, is a graphic designer specialized in typography. After working for various studios in Barcelona, he decided to carve out his own path and focus on what he loved most: typography. With that goal in mind, he founded his own studio, and alongside several friends, he created Ultra Types, a small online type foundry that specializes in display typefaces with a unique approach that sets it apart from larger type foundries.
He has worked on projects for top brands like Adobe, HP, Reebok, Desigual, W Hotels, and Mobile World Congress, among others. His work has also been featured in The Complete Guide to Designing Handmade Type by Charlotte Rivers, Page Unlimited (Sandu 360 Japan), Typodarium, Étapes, Computer Arts, and many more.
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- 24 lessons (2h 55m)
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- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish · Romanian · Indonesian
- Level: Intermediate
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- Updated on 08/25/2020
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Adobe Illustrator
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