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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 over a week ago
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