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Making fonts
22 articles in this collection
Written by
Franz
and
Mohamed
Create a vector font, step by step
Using Illustrator to make OpenType fonts
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Create a vector font in Photoshop, step by step
Using Photoshop to make OpenType fonts
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Create a color bitmap font, step-by-step
Using Photoshop to make color fonts
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Create accents, symbols & punctuation
Extending the character set of your fonts
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Quotation marks and apostrophe
Let's make sure your DIY quotes show up
Written by
Franz
Updated this week
Spacing and Kerning for beginners
What are they and how can you fix both at once?
Written by
Mohamed
Updated over a week ago
Spacing
Editing the space around each glyph
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Advanced Spacing
Learn to space like a pro ;)
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Kerning
Editing the space between pairs of glyphs
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Kerning Groups
Save time by grouping similar shapes
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Font families
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Import spacing & kerning
Copy and match metrics between different fonts
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Alternates
Creating & using alternate glyphs
Written by
Mohamed
Updated over a week ago
Ligatures
Creating & using ligature glyphs
Written by
Mohamed
Updated over a week ago
Set font metrics with Illustrator guides
Aligning precisely your characters
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Size, units and scaling
Learn how big your glyphs & icons will be
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Install VS Save/Export fonts
Stop wondering where your fonts are installed
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Simplify glyph shapes
Cleaning complex object paths to speed up Fontself
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Uppercase-only / lowercase-only fonts
Don't copy/paste glyphs, spacing & kerning for a single case font
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Font template / specimen
View all your glyphs to design or review your fonts
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Making an ellipsis glyph
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago
Tutorials
Let's learn a thing or two about making fonts ;)
Written by
Franz
Updated over a week ago