![]() In the first version of this tutorial, I talked about exporting and testing your font over and over again to work on kerning. It's what makes your font have the extra polish that other fonts may not have, and really becomes the pivotal point for attention-to-detail that goes into designing your own font. Kerning. It's the part of the font design process where you specify the distance between specific letter pairs. ![]() Set your font’s kerning within Glyphs App When you're done, highlight all of your glyphs in the app (CMD+A) and change the LSB and RSB (left and right side bearing) in the bottom-left settings. Open and close each letter and symbol until you've copied and pasted each glyph from Illustrator. Move up all of your letters and their bounding boxes up 750px (by typing -750px in the y axis field) to make it easier to copy and paste into Glyphs App in the next step. Now each individual letter with its bounding box is on its own layer. With all of your letters selected, resize them to 1000x1000px. Select all of your items and then use Release To Layers (sequence) in the Layers window drop down. Use the align tool to move all of your letters to the top-left position (so each corner lines up at 0,0) Use the move and copy tool (CMD+SHIFT+M) and repeat tool (CMD+D) to make sure each of these boxes are precise. Repeat until your letters are positioned correctly.ĭraw a 100x100px box around each letter (no stroke or fill value). Move each letter to line up with the correct grid subdivisions. Sketching on graph paper is a great way to keep your letterforms organized.įor starters, it's a good rule of thumb to have 4 equal heights each for the ascender, x-height, and descender.ĭraw each letter carefully and re-draw letters and characters that you aren't happy with.Įach letter will be no more than 100px square, so each major block will be space for one letter. I recommend starting with a lettering style that you already use in your own illustrations or hand lettering projects. When I was trying to decide, I went for my go-to doodle-y hand-lettering style. Glyphs App (I used the free demo for my first font, and purchased Glyphs Mini after that)įinding the style of your font can be the hardest place to start. Sakura Pigma Graphic 1 Pen or a similar inking marker or pen ( my favorites) Here are the tools and software I recommend for the hand lettering part of your journey, as well as the digitizing process: I spent a whopping 9 hours on this first font from sketch to export, and since then it's taken me significantly less time with each new font. It is strictly your own responsibility to make sure that the chosen font is fully licensed for its intended use.Now, I'm going to help YOU learn how to create your own font and save hours of research and speed bumps. The rules of each font are subject to change at any time. For more information about the fontsĪnd their use, please carefully read the license file included in the fontįolder. Instructions on the font site to purchase a font's commercial license. Or commercial license, please contact the designer or follow Everything: Under Script (Make sure to install the OTF font file in the zip folder)ĭISCLAIMER: These fonts are for personal use only.But as a way around to access glyphs, you can also use a built-in font program, such as Font Book and basic apps on a Mac.įont Tips: How to Easily Access and Use Glyphs with Various Apps on Macįree Script Fonts With Multiple Glyph Styles: To get the most out of a glyphs panel, I use Illustrator and/or Photoshop as they widely support OpenType features. ![]() I hope it helps to speed up your typography process when working on the next design project. To make your font choices easier, I’ve sifted through numerous free script fonts to find the ones that actually include the glyphs under the personal use license. If you download a TrueType (TTF) font file, chances are regardless of what you see on a demo banner you will end up downloading a bare-bone version of the font. The rule of thumb when looking for free fonts with the glyphs collections is to make sure that the font is the OpenType format. More often than not, this is the case with many free script fonts on the web – the stylish alternates are missing in a free font version. Have you ever chosen the font on a free font website based off the demo preview in which elaborate loops and curves adorned the letters to only find out after downloading that those embellishments are not available under the personal use license? And to have access to all hidden alternates in the font, you have to purchase a commercial license.
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