Typography Design: Digitize Your Handwriting
From Illustrator to Fontself 2
A course by Cristóbal Henestrosa , Graphic Designer
Joined July 2019
Joined July 2019
About the video: From Illustrator to Fontself 2
Overview
“Now, I will continue with the process of creating my typography. I will explain what you should take into account with some orthographic signs such as quotation marks. Later, I will tell you about ligatures and the types that exist. Finally, I will deal with Unicode and diacritics.”
In this video lesson Cristóbal Henestrosa addresses the topic: From Illustrator to Fontself 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Typography Design: Digitize Your Handwriting. Discover how to turn your handwriting into a unique digital typeface that adds character and personal style to your writing pieces.
Partial transcription of the video
“From Illustrator to Fontself There is something peculiar with the quotation marks, what's next, It's a complicated thing, so I ask for your full attention. Maybe you know, if I don't tell you, that there are different types of quotation marks. There is the opening quote. There is the closing comedy. There are also Latin or French quotation marks. But in addition to that, there are some straight quotes, that in Illustrator are difficult to obtain, but that it is prudent that you know them and identify them in case they occasionally appear in your text. It's also wise that those straight quot...”
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Course summary for: Typography Design: Digitize Your Handwriting
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Design, Graphic Design, Typography, Typography Design
Cristóbal Henestrosa
A course by Cristóbal Henestrosa
Cristóbal Henestrosa specializes in typography and book design. He has developed font families for clients such as the Fondo de Cultura Económica, Librerías Gandhi, and the Federal Government of Mexico, some of which have won awards from the Type Directors Club and have been selected for the Latin American typography biennial Tipos Latinos.
He is the author of Espinosa. Rescate de una tipografía novohispana (Mexico, Designio, 2005) and co-author of Cómo crear tipografías. Del boceto a la pantalla (Madrid, Tipo E, 2012), which has been translated into English, Polish, Portuguese, and Chinese. Since 2011 he has been teaching typography and type design at the Faculty of Arts and Design of the UNAM, as well as related subjects in diploma courses, specialties, and master's degrees in various institutions.
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