Glyphs App Essential Training

Course details

2h 57m
Beginner
Released: 9/12/2016

Every designer has a typeface in them. The Glyphs app is a friendly yet powerful program that will help unlock that inner visual voice. This course helps you make your own fonts using the Glyphs app, starting with an introduction to the parts of letters (type anatomy) and the parts of a font (the character set). Charles Nix leads a tour of the Glyphs workspace and then coaches you through the construction of a complete font—from outline to stroke, stroke to character, characters to typeface. There are special sections dedicated to spacing, kerning, optional OpenType features, and font testing and export. Charles also shows how to create type families with multiple masters. The conclusion includes resources for further learning about typography and typeface design.

Learning objectives

Measuring type
Classifying type
Using the Glyphs app tools, windows, layers, palettes, and menus
Working with Glyphs app scripts
Drawing letterforms and characters
Using filters
Creating punctuation and reference marks
Deploying OpenType ligatures and stylistic sets
Fitting and kerning
Exporting and testing fonts
Setting up masters and instances for a font family

Skills covered: Typography