19-20 July: Glyphs at Granshan 2014
At this year’s Granshan conference hosted by tgm, Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer (@mekkablue) will be present and happy to answer your Glyphs-related multilingual and non-Latin questions. Get all details...
View Article30 July: Glyphs pro workshop at TypeCon
We will host a workshop at this year’s TypeCon in Washington, D.C.! Also, we will be present throughout the conference and available to help you with all questions about Glyphs. ‘Glyphs.app for the...
View Article26–29 August: Glyphs at tga Symposion in Raabs
Glyphs is one of the sponsors of ‘Qualität–buchstäblich’, this year’s edition of the tga symposion in Raabs, Austria. Glyphs creator Georg Seifert (schriftgestalt) will be present, and Rainer Erich...
View Article17 September: Glyphs 2.0 at ATypI in Barcelona
Save the date: On the first day of ATypI in Barcelona, we will unveil Glyphs 2 to the public. ‘Glyphs 2.0’ When: Wednesday, September 17th, 10:40 am Where: BAU Design College, Barcelona Who: Georg...
View Article24–26 October: Glyphs workshops at TDC, New York
Register now for one, two, or all three days of Glyphs workshops at the TDC in New York. But beware, registration is required and space is limited, so reserve your seat as soon as possible. You can...
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Creating a Layered Color Font
Layer fonts are fun for the user, but always have been a lot of work for the creator. Well, it has just gotten a lot easier: Glyphs 2 has some major improvements for the layertype designers amongst...
View Article16–20 October: Advanced Arabic type design workshops in Dubai
The Khatt Foundation Advanced Type Design Workshop will consist of intensive five days of advanced instruction for type designers. Advanced Arabic Type Design Workshop When: Thursday, 16, through...
View Article14–16 November: Glyphs at BITS MMXIV in Bangkok
At the BITS MMXIV Conference in Bangkok, Georg will give both a workshop and a stage presentation. Don’t miss it. Make your own Thai font with Glyphs.app Workshop with Georg Seifert Where: TCDC...
View ArticleStarting in November: TGA Schriftlabor 2014/15 in Vienna
In eight installments, Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer will give an introduction to type design, but also discuss advanced topics in detail, at the TGA Schriftlabor (‘type lab’): Schriftlabor:...
View ArticleDutch Glyphs course available
Together with his former teacher Ann Bessemans, Belgian designer Maarten Renckens wrote an introduction to type design with Glyphs, in Dutch. And best of all, he made the manual available online,...
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Creating a Layered Color Font
Layer fonts are fun for the user, but always have been a lot of work for the creator. Well, it has just gotten a lot easier: Glyphs 2 has some major improvements for the layertype designers amongst...
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Creating a Microsoft Color Font
The Microsoft approach to color fonts employs two additional OpenType tables, CPAL and COLR. CPAL describes a palette of colors, and COLR defines how the colors from CPAL are used by which glyph....
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Additional masters for individual glyphs: the brace trick
For interpolation, two-master setups work surprisingly well. Well, except that sometimes you need an extra step in between. Sure, you could sort of fake it with the Bracket Trick, or an alternative...
View Article14-15 November: Glyphs at Typomad 2014, Madrid
In Madrid in the middle of November? Don’t miss Typomad 2014, taking place on Fri 14 and Sat 15 November. We are proud to announce that we are among the sponsors. Conference attendees are entitled to...
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Working with UFO
The Unified Font Object is an XML-based file format for storing font data. It was developed by type designers and developers Tal Leming, Just van Rossum, and Erik van Blokland. While the specs for...
View Article7-8 February 2015: Glyphs 2 Workshops in Munich
In early February, team member Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer will give two introductory workshops for the Typographische Gesellschaft in Munich: one about Glyphs 2, and one about Python. Both workshops...
View Article13-14 February: Two-day type design workshop in Zurich
This intensive two-day introduction will provide you with all the tools to get your first type design project off the ground. Discounts for Colab, Syndicom, and Syna members, free for Viscom...
View Article28 February: Introduction to type design with Glyphs 2 in São Paulo
At the end of February, Brazilian type designer and lettering artist Diego Maldonado will host a type design work shop in São Paulo. This six-hour introduction will provide you with everything to get...
View Article28 February: Introduction to type design with Glyphs 2 in São Paulo
At the end of February, Brazilian type designer and lettering artist Diego Maldonado will host a type design work shop in São Paulo. This eight-hour introduction will provide you with everything to...
View Article7-8 March: Introduction to type design with Glyphs 2 in Curitiba, Brazil
In March, Brazilian type designer Eduilson Coan will host a 2-day type design work shop in Paraná. On day 2, he will demonstrate digitization with Glyphs 2. Curso introdutório de desenho de tipos Who:...
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