Typography Design: Digitize Your Handwriting
Last details 2
A course by Cristóbal Henestrosa , Graphic Designer
Joined July 2019
Joined July 2019
About the video: Last details 2
Overview
“You'll see how rewarding it is to see your own font in a Word document! I'll show you how to incorporate different versions of a letter as alternate signs. Finally, I will show you how to add additional information such as your name or your website, among other data, to your font.”
In this video lesson Cristóbal Henestrosa addresses the topic: Last details 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
“Last details There is. Now there is nothing to be cut. The accents are correct. The parentheses are also correct, which was what I was most worried about. The ligatures aren't working, but that's Word's business. To activate ligatures in Word, I have to go here and tell him to only pay attention to the standard ones or to the historical and discretionary ones or to all of them. So now the "de" appears, "co" already appears, "ro" already appears, already appears "the" and even Ana or Cristóbal appears. Perfect, everything seems to be in order. A third and last thing I would like to tell you ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Typography Design: Digitize Your Handwriting
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Calligraphy & Typography -
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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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