How to Make a Custom Font Using Fontself

How to Make a Custom Font Using Fontself

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- Does the world need another poorly designed typeface?

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- Does the world need another poorly designed typeface?

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How to Make a Custom Font Using Fontself

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  1. 1 - Does the world need another poorly designed typeface?
  2. 2 - The 3 challenges to making a typeface
  3. 3 - 5 reasons why you should consider designing your own font
  4. 4 - Who are historical masters of typeface design?
  5. 5 - Who are some present day superstars of typeface design?
  6. 6 - Example of design firms that have used custom typefaces (Nuts)
  7. 7 - Michael Beirut working on WALK NYC
  8. 8 - Designers who make an income selling fonts
  9. 9 - Terminology & Anatomy of typefaces
  10. 10 - Recap of all the terms (screenshot this)
  11. 11 - What is the unity of design?
  12. 12 - The 4 groups of letter types
  13. 13 - The 3 different types of typefaces that Chris is going to make
  14. 14 - Chris writing the font he’s going to make
  15. 15 - Editing the picture of the font in Photoshop
  16. 16 - Taking the font into Illustrator
  17. 17 - Using Fontself to make your font
  18. 18 - Converting a vector drawing into a font
  19. 19 - Changing Futura to Futur Futura
  20. 20 - What is Fontself?
  21. 21 - Design Challenge

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