Creating your own typography

Metrics and Kernings: explanation

A course by Wete , Graphic Designer and Typography Artist

Learn to design your own typeface and create graphic artwork with personality

Spanish with subtitles in English
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3664 students

About the video: Metrics and Kernings: explanation

Overview

“Spacing is a very important part of the letter, in this lesson we learn methods to determine a correct spacing of our type.”

In this video lesson Wete addresses the topic: Metrics and Kernings: explanation, 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 Metrics / Kernings explained We already have our letters well placed in Glyphs, but a typeface is nothing without correct spacing. In this lesson, we will look at theories about "metrics" and "kernings", later we will apply in Glyphs. You have to know that the rhythm of the typography is also achieved with spacing and the spacing is almost as important as the letter itself. Typography would be like music. The music itself is the space that exists between the notes, is the melody. The typography would be a bit the same, is the space between characters and their counterforms what the let...”

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Course summary for: Creating your own typography

Level: Intermediate
98% positive reviews (168)
3664 students
6 units
24 lessons (2h 55m)
12 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs
Areas
Design, Graphic Design, Typography, Typography Design

Wete

A course by Wete

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Graphic Designer and Typography Artist

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.

Spanish with subtitles in English