How to design your own typeface

After many years as a graphic designer and type enthusiast, I decided to channel some of my passion into my own lettering and typography design projects. After researching how to make your own font, it seemed a natural evolution to try my hand at designing a typeface. Much has been written about type design; on the history, drawing and technical complexities of creating typefaces (I've linked to some excellent resources at the bottom of this article) and many typography tutorials. But where exactly do you begin if you want to make your own font? If you're a designer or illustrator new to this discipline, what are the first practical steps, the common software and early considerations to get you going? I had found some useful pieces of information but they were scattered across many sources and many were dated by technology. Sharing insights 01. Designing a typeface can be a long journey so it's prudent to have a clear vision of its purpose. The options are vast. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. Related: Typographie

Type Worship Glyphs Mini List of Font Creation Software Share on Tumblr Below is a list of software that allows you to create and modify a font. Fontlab Studio is a professional font editor for both Windows and Mac OS. It allows you to design typefaces and create or modify fonts and it supports all major outline font formats, including Type1, TrueType, Multiple Master and OpentType. [$649] Font Creator is a shareware TrueType font editor for Windows. It has all the features for you to make new fonts, edit existing fonts and you can also use its advanced import features to make your handwriting font or add signatures, logos and symbols to existing fonts. [$79~299] TypeTool is a basic font editor for both Windows and Mac OS. Fontographer is a classic font editor for Windows and Mac OS. BitFonter is a professional bitmap font editor for both Windows and Mac OS. Scannahand is an easy-to-use handwriting font maker for Windows. Glyphs is a font editor for Mac OS.

Presentation Design 101 Great presentation design is all about simplicity: long gone are the days of layered, pixelated clip art and fourteen columns of bullet points. Instead, it’s about rewarding your audience with visual harmony and minimalism. Looking to update your presentation design from the 90’s? Here are a few tips: 1One Idea Content is the backbone of your slides, but that doesn’t mean it needs to carry the design weight. 2Selecting the Image Only the best and boldest will do. 3A Word on Fonts With Canva, you aren’t merely tied to PowerPoint fonts in your design, which widens the pool of selection. Recommended reading: The Ultimate Guide to Font Pairings 4The Rule of Thirds The Rule of Thirds is a visual technique that creates space and harmony in photography, art, and of course: presentations. 5Color Scheme When selecting a color palette for your presentation, be wary of choosing too many shades. 6Consistency Just because they are individual slides doesn’t mean they need to express individuality. See On

new serif Test Your Type Kerning Skills With This Free Kerning Game Kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a font; usually with the goal of creating more visually appealing and easier to read type. I recently came across KernType, a free online game to help designers and type lovers test their kerning abilities. What’s great about this little offering is it shows you in real time, the areas you may need improvement. It tests your kerning abilities to those of “professional typographers”. Give it a try. If you’re a logo designer or someone who works a lot with type, you’ll find KernType helpful and maybe even a little entertaining. This website is authored and run by Derek Kimball. BirdFont – A free font editor for TTF, EOT & SVG fonts.

8 Simple and Useful Tips for Kerning Type Kerning is fun! All right, unless you’re a serious type nerd like me, that’s definitely not going to be a true statement. However, it is an absolutely essential part of your typographical education and implementation. If you’ve been ignoring kerning or simply aren’t sure how to do it properly, take a look at these eight quick tips and get started on the road to becoming a kerning master. Introduction The past few years have seen an explosion of type on the web. Designers have a newfound appreciation for both typographic art and the practical ways in which typography complements and even drives a strong design. There’s still at least one major topic that web designers tend to miss out on though: kerning. As a result, many web designers neither think about kerning nor do they really even understand how it works on a fundamental level. #1 What Is Kerning? The first thing you should know about kerning is, well, what exactly it is. Once upon a time, there were no computers. Leading Easy right?