Creating your own typography
We open Fontlab and take a look around 2
A course by Wete , Graphic Designer and Typography Artist
About the video: We open Fontlab and take a look around 2
Overview
“ We are going to create our document and configure it so that it will not give us any problems in the future when exporting our type.”
In this video lesson Wete addresses the topic: We open Fontlab and take a look around 2, 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 Document creation In this lesson we will create our document and we will see how to configure it so that it does not give problems in the future. This is important, because if we do it wrong, it is possible that when exporting our type then it will not work. We already know the basic tools a bit and the panels that FontLab has. Now what we will do is create our type. So we will go to File, New and see that we have this window. This window is the Font Window. Here we will have our entire character map. We can know what characters we have already drawn and which ones we are missing. A...”
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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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