Introduction
Welcome
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What you should know
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Exercise files
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1. An Introduction to Type Design
Anatomy: The parts of letters
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Glyph sets: The parts of fonts
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Type measurement
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Type classification
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2. The Glyphs Workspace
Font info
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Font view
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Essential tools
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Edit window
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Background layers and guides
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Kerning palette
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Menus
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A note on scripts
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3. Drawing Glyphs
Sketching, drawing, and refining
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Drawing in Glyphs basics
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Drawing letterforms in Glyphs
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Drawing characters in Illustrator
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Using filters
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4. Completing a Basic Glyphs Set
Creating characters that share parts
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Completing the Latin characters
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Building figures
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Creating punctuation and reference marks
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Compound characters
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5. OpenType Features
What are OpenType features?
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Ligatures
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Stylistic sets
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6. Fitting and Kerning
Fitting basics with metric keys
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Spacing by eye
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Spacing numbers
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Kerning groups
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The kerning game
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7. Exporting and Testing
Font file types
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Testing fonts: Sample texts and strings
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8. Multiple Masters
Planning a type family
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Setting up masters
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Setting up instances
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Keeping masters compatible
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Ex_Files_Glyphs_App_EssT.zip
(1.7 MB)