Creating your own typography
We open Fontlab and take a look around 1
A course by Wete , Graphic Designer and Typography Artist
About the video: We open Fontlab and take a look around 1
Overview
“ In the following videos we will continue discovering the necessary tools to work our typography in Fontlab. We start with the 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 Fontlab.”
In this video lesson Wete addresses the topic: We open Fontlab and take a look around 1, 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
“FontLab General Menus In this lesson we will open FontLab and we will mess up the menus we have within the program a bit. So we open FontLab. The first thing you will see is that surely when you open FontLab you do not have it like me. To have it a bit in the same arrangement, we must go to View, Toolbars and see that we have the same options that I have selected. The Status Bar is this bar that will tell us what character we are working on. The panels theme, which are additional panels that will help us determine certain information about our typography such as the Metrics Window or the Op...”
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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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