Design a Digital Font from A to Z
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Learn to design a font from scratch with Glyphs, Illustrator, and OpenType functions
Juanjo López, better known as Juanjez, specializes in typography design and is here to teach you the process of creating a digital font, from the drawing phase to uploading it to your fonts folder then using it in a design program.
Begin by learning more about Juanjez’s work, motivations, and general love of typography, as well as some of his favorite books and websites.
Before starting to design, Juanjez gives you some sage advice on what it means to embark on a long-term job such as type design and talks about key aspects such as self-commissions, motivation, and patience to reach the final goal.
Next, learn the materials, the file formats with which you work and the main functions of the Glyphs program, the type design and font production software for Mac.
Once you learn the process, start drawing. Explore some general concepts about drawing letters and handling Bézier curves, the differences between Illustrator and font creation programs, drawing letters directly with Glyphs, tricks to save time and create a complete set of characters.
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