AIGA ATL is organizing a weekend online workshop, open to everyone. Great chance to take a dip into type design!
Type Design: An Introduction to Glyphs
- When?
Saturday, July 13th, 2024
1-3 PM EST - Who?
AIGA Atlanta
- How much?
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- Language
English
- Prerequisites
Mac with Glyphs 3 and Zoom preinstalled. Participants will receive a free trial license for Glyphs 3, and can purchase their own full license at a discount.
- Registration
t.b.a.
In this workshop, you will learn the basics of designing and generating a font with the font-design software Glyphs (Mac only). In the first hour, learn the basics of drawing a font, generating a font, and previewing it on Adobe InDesign. Then, we will add additional letters to the fonts, learn how to space them, add diacritics, basic punctuation and spacing. At the end of the class, you will have a deep appreciation about how fonts are made, and perhaps an addiction to type.
No prior experience is required in font design, but some experience with Bézier-based vector drawing tools is handy. LIMITED SEATING ONLY—participants must register through Eventbrite to get the Zoom link.