Creating your own typography

Accents

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
98% positive reviews (167)
3663 students

About the video: Accents

Overview

“We design some accents and place them in Glyphs. Once placed, we learn how to generate the accents automatically.”

In this video lesson Wete addresses the topic: Accents, 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 Accents and punctuation marks A typeface is nothing without its accents. In this lesson we will learn how to generate them quickly and easily. We already have our guy on Glyphs. We have already calculated their spacing, that is, the "metrics". And on the other hand, I designed some accents in Illustrator. If we select them, we see that they are still designed in parts following the grid and the idea is that before passing them to Glyphs, Let's use the Pathfinder just like we did with the letters, with the alphabet, and we hit Unir. In this way, we will create whole pieces which is what...”

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Course summary for: Creating your own typography

Level: Intermediate
98% positive reviews (167)
3663 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