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Introduction
Welcome (3:16)
Meet The Instructors
Materials You'll Need and Downloadable Content
Why Creating a Font? (3:13)
UNIT 1 - Basics of Type Design
What is type design? (And What is Not) (5:22)
Basic Terminology
Scripts
Spacing, Weight, Contrast and Proportions
Expanding The Alphabet - UPPERCASE (9:30)
Expanding The Alphabet - LOWERCASE (6:57)
Expanding The Alphabet - FIGURES & PUNCTUATION MARKS
Optical Adjustment
Wrap Up Lesson (0:57)
UNIT 2 - Inspiration - Field Trip with Dan Reynolds
Typeface Specimens (21:43)
Lettering Sample Books (9:22)
Calligraphy Manuals (10:27)
Wrap Up Lesson by Martina (1:17)
UNIT 3 - Calligraphy and It's Role on Letter Forms
Calligraphy: The “Mother of All Letter Forms” (3:23)
Broad Nib Calligraphy (5:01)
Pointed Nib Calligraphy (6:42)
Other Tools (7:11)
Wrap Up Lesson (1:39)
UNIT 4 - Sketching letterforms
Drawing Techniques and Materials (1:10)
Brainstorming Technique: Altering Already Existing Typefaces (11:26)
Brainstorming Technique: Using typecooker (12:06)
Polishing a Prototype Word (14:51)
Wrap Up Lesson - The Creation Process (Analog) (3:54)
UNIT 5 - The Briefing For Your Font
A Briefing For a New Font (11:17)
Your project (3:51)
UNIT 6 - From Analog to Digital with Elías Prado
Digitising Your Word (6:34)
Digital Tools
The Digital Drawing in Illustrator (4:48)
Working With Extreme Points in Illustrator (3:05)
FAQ - Extreme Points Technique (5:59)
Expanding Your Alphabet (40:05)
Printing Out and Correcting (32:11)
Transitioning to a Font Editor (FONTSELF) (7:30)
Wrap Up Lesson by Martina (1:15)
UNIT 7 - How Fonts Work - Field Trip with Ferdinand Ulrich
Typographic system (17:42)
Tools (10:02)
Demonstration (2:57)
Wrap Up Lesson by Martina (1:05)
UNIT 8 - Font Editing with Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer and Sol Matas
Download Glyphs App and Install it in Your Computer
Get Started with Glyphs: Set up your Font Info and Create Shapes (66:16)
Improve the Quality of Imported Outlines (36:36)
Learn How to Create a Color Font (34:40)
Create a Color Font with Helper Tools and Plug-ins (17:48)
Expand Your Font: Accented characters and Punctuation marks (39:40)
Spacing: Set eyes on the space between letters (28:25)
Kerning Like a Pro (18:30)
Testing Your Font: Sample Text and Strings (3:11)
Wrap Up Lesson by Martina (1:12)
UNIT 9 - Programming Your Font with Ulrike Rausch
What are OpenType Features? (6:46)
What OpenType Features Can Do? (6:34)
What does OpenType Feature Code Look Like? (6:49)
Writing OpenType Feature Code in Glyphs (28:52)
Wrap Up Lesson by Martina (0:59)
UNIT 10 - Marketing Your Font with Ivo Grawovitz
Product (16:12)
Price (9:41)
Place (9:44)
Promotion (13:13)
Wrap Up Lesson by Martina - Checklist Before Publishing Your Font (2:03)
Creating Your Visuals (14:23)
UNIT 11 - Wrap Up And Thank You
Wrap Up and Thank You (3:53)
What is type design? (And What is Not)
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