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Contextual kerning
Glyphs offers a smart way to add your own contextual kerning in a separate OpenType feature. Warning: rather advanced level.So, you have optimized the sidebearings of your glyphs, then added kerning...
View Article1 June–14 September 2024: Type Design Club 2024
Type Design Club adalah sebuah program gagasan antara Tegamitype Foundry dan The Public Case untuk memperkenalkan disiplin ilmu desain huruf secara praktikal. Program ini terbuka bagi semua yang...
View Article18–21 April 2024: DESINA 2024
See you at this year’s Desina conference, including a Type Design for Non-Type Designers workshop with Matteo Bologna! Hint: this is the most affordable edition of this workshop ever.Workshop: Type...
View Article16–17 June 2024: Type Design for Non-Type Designers at Typographics 2024
SAVE THE DATE: From zero to a hundred in two days: get a fun crash course in type design with Matteo Bologna and Glyphs evangelist Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer.Workshop: Typeface Design for Non-Type...
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Glyphs 3.2 released
Glyphs 3.2 has arrived. The update makes Glyphs fully Sonoma-ready, contains significant changes in variable font production and sports hundreds of improvements across all parts of the app.We are happy...
View Article6–20 May 2024: tipastype Python para Glyphs 2024
Este taller va dirigido a diseñadores de tipos que quieran mejorar de forma eficiente su flujo de trabajo aplicando la programación en Python para resolver tareas repetitivas. Comprenderás el uso de...
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Creating a variable font
Variable fonts open a whole new world of possibilities. Creating them is a breeze in Glyphs.What are variable fonts? If you have not read John Hudson’s excellent introductory article, stop right now...
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Make your font work in Windows
Have you also been trying to fix Windows with your font? Welcome to the club.When you produce fonts, there are typically three environments you care about: web browsers, Adobe apps, and Windows. Or...
View Article21–23 五月 2024: Your Gateway to Typographic Greatness 2024
Mark Yehan de Winne: ‘The number one reason why most graphic designers never draw their own typefaces is the limiting belief that only those with special expertise can do it. I want to tell you, this...
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Creating an Arabic font
Been looking for a quick and easy introduction to Arabic in Glyphs? This is it.Set up your document When you start Glyphs, you will be either greeted by the Start Window, or you can bring it up any...
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Alternating glyph shapes: the bracket trick in Glyphs 2
In Glyphs 2, sometimes you will need two different forms of a glyph. The bracket trick will help you alternate glyph shapes. Attention: For Glyphs 3, read Switching Shapes instead.A common example is...
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Additional masters for individual glyphs: the brace trick in Glyphs 2
Sometimes you need an extra master, but just for a glyph, not for the whole font. Here is how you do it in Glyphs 2.For interpolation, two-master setups work surprisingly well. Well, except that...
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Intermediate layers
Intermediate layers help you fine-tune interpolations for individual glyphs.Intermediate layers a.k.a. brace layers are pretty powerful. They allow you to fine-tune interpolations for individual...
View Article2–7 September 2024: Tipo Brda 2024
‘We are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming Tipo Brda workshop in the form of a 6 days long type camp, where you will have the opportunity to expand your type design and lettering skills.’Summer...
View Article13 July 2024: AIGA Atlanta Weekend Workshop
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 GlyphsWhen? Saturday, July 13th, 2024 1-3 PM ESTWho? AIGA...
View Article24 July–25 October 2024: Practica Devanagari Two
Embark on a one-of-a-kind journey into the world of Devanagari type design. This course will guide you through the intricacies of turning your idea into a working Devanagari typeface with the help of...
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Diacritics
You would like to know how to build letters with accents, umlauts, tildes and what have you? Super easy, I promise.Okay, say you already finished your lowercase letters from a to z. Now think, for...
View Article14–28 September 2024: Шрифтовий дизайн 2024
Інтенсив зі створення шрифтів, де дізнаємося, як будуються шрифти та почнемо розробляти свій шрифт латиницею і кирилицею.Шрифтовий дизайнWhen? інтенсив триває 3 тижні Субота, 14 вересня, 10:00-15:00...
View Article17 August–1 September 2024: Arabic type design for beginners at Hadath...
Join Eman Fikri and Mohamad Dakak in a 6-day Arabic type workshop at this year’s Hadath Alkhatt summer festival in Cairo. Participants receive a free trial license and can purchase Glyphs at a...
View Article29 August 2024–16 January 2025: Type Design at SfG Basel 2024/2025
Möchtest du deine eigene Schrift entwickeln? Oder hast du bereits Schriftentwürfe, die du unbedingt umsetzen möchtest? Dann bist du im Abendkurs Type Design genau richtig. Do you want to design your...
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