Do you want it to be more of the standard clean edged font or do we want something with more textured that looks more hand done? You can look around at other fonts for inspiration and see what characteristics of those fonts you like. We need to decide on the look of our font. We could do something that's more condensed, or wider, or just again a standard regular font. ![]() Do we want it to be bold, light, or even italic or it can just be a pretty standard regular font? Then there's the width. ![]() Then let's think about what style we want our font be. This one's much more heavier and makes it more chunky in casual look. Now, with the Serif font, the Serifs flow more naturally into the letters whereas, with the Slab-Serif, it looks more like a block that was just attached on the end. Then the difference between the Serif and the Slab-Serif is just the type of Serif. Then there's a Sans-Serif, and sans means without. A Serif font is one font has these little embellishments on the ends. There's lots more, but we're just going to stick to those right now. There's Serif, Sans-Serif, and Slab-Serif. Do you want it to be a display font where it's best used as headlines in big bold places, or you want it to be more used for a paragraph where it's easier to read at a smaller font size? There's a handful of different classifications of font. So, when you think about your font, think about how you want your font to be used. Now, we're ready to start thinking about what we want our font to look like. We'll set the spacing and kerning, and get everything professional looking so that you're ready to export it and sell it or share it with friends. Next, we'll bring into Glyphs Mini, which has the free 30-day trial. Then we'll move on to refining them and depending on if you want your font to look more hand-on or clean, then we'll take into illustrator, and we'll either image trace it, or use the pen tool. Then once we have a good idea, we'll start sketching our characters out. Design Considerations: The way we're going to be building our font is first, we're going to decide what type of font we'll be making. I can't wait to see the font you create.Ģ. Even if you've never designed a typeface before, you'll be able to follow along with our lessons, and by the end of the class you'll have a working font. For the class project, you'll be designing and building your very own font. Jake will show you how to get your characters into Glyphs correctly spaced and kern your font, and then test and refine until it's a perfect font ready to use, sell, or share with friends. ![]() Glyphs Mini is an incredibly powerful tool that makes the process of converting your vector illustrations into a working font extremely easy. If you don't have Glyphs Mini don't worry, you can download a free 30-day trial. Once the characters are vector, Jake we'll get into the nitty-gritty of making your font function properly with Glyphs Mini. ![]() Then, we'll grab our sketchbook or tablet and draw out our characters, make any revisions, so that all our letters look cohesive, then go into Illustrator to get them ready to turn into a font. I'll start by getting you thinking about your own font design. This is something we love doing together and wanted to share our process with you. I'm Jamie Bartlett, and for this class I'm teaming up with my husband and fellow Skillshare teacher Jake Bartlett, to give you an in-depth guide on how to create a professional font. Let’s jump in and get started! I can’t wait to see the font you create!ġ. Jake will show you how to get your charters into Glyphs, correctly space and kern your font, and then test and refine until it’s a perfect font ready to use, sell or share with friends. If you don’t have Glyphs Mini, don’t worry you can download a free 30-day trial. Once the characters are vector, Jake will get into the nitty gritty of making your font function properly with Glyphs Mini. I’ll start by getting your thinking about your own font design, then we’ll grab our sketchbook or tablet and draw out our characters, make any revisions so that all our letters look cohesive, then go into Illustrator to get them ready to turn into a font. For this class I’m teaming up with my husband and fellow skillshare teacher, Jake Bartlett to give you an in-depth guide on how to create a professional font.
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