Lesson One Part 1
00:28 A New Document
00:42 The Font Window
01:17 The Categories Panel
02:05 The Glyph Cells
03:10 The Anatomy of a Glyph
04:05 The Tools for Editing
04:30 The Typing Tool
05:00 Preview Features
05:18 Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool
05:50 Editing a Glyph Image
06:30 A Practice Exercise
Lesson One Part 2
00:40 How Paths Work
01:10 Path Directions
02:00 Transferring Images
02:50 Tracing Images
03:00 Adding Scripts and Filters
This session covers:
Importing your hand-lettering
Using the Tools & Panels
Vector paths demo with the pen tool
Font metrics, spacing and kerning
Students will be able to work on their fonts on their own!
TIMELINE for Lesson 2, Part 1
00:40 Importing Scanned Lettering
01:10 Importance of the Size of Images
01:42 Using the Trace Filter
02:10 Global Transformations
02:45 Using the transformation Panel
03:38 Drawing a Path Around an Image
04:30 Editing Tips
TIMELINE for Lesson 2, Part 2
00:20 Information Window
01:10 The Bounding Box Information
01:15 Changing Font Name
01:29 Changing Metrics
02:00 Vertical Metrics
03:45 Using the Categories Panel
04:45 Adding Category Filters
In depth use of:
• Tools
• Panels and other functions within the Glyphs application
• Transformations
• Scripts
This lesson covers:
Continue Editing and testing fonts
Advanced understanding of Glyphs:
•. Alternate Characters
•. The importance of numerals
•. Diacritics and
•. OpenType programming
Lesson 4 Part 1
00:38 Adjusting Text Width in the Glyph Cell
01:00 Spacing Letters with Serifs
01:50 Using Placeholders to Help with Kerning
02:35 Grouping Forms for Easier Kerning
03:40 Updating Cells with Shared Metrics
04:30 Return to Diacritic Forms
05:00 Renaming Multiple Glyphs in the Font Window
05:23 Assigning Anchors to Diacritics
Lesson 4 Part 2
00:14 Numerals
00:36 Using Guidelines
00:50 Adding Weight to Characters Globally
01:00 Alternates and Ligatures
01:30 Creating a Ligature
02:00 Creating a Final Form Alternate
02:24 OpenType (OTF) Features
02:33 How OTF features are Used in Applications
02:52 Common OpenType Features
03:32 OTF Features in the Information Panel
03:51 Adding a Contextual Alternate (CALT)
This lesson covers:
Exporting the font for use in other applications on your computer.
Lesson 5, Part 1
00:32 Fine Tuning the Font
00:36 Adding an Alternate Using Other Forms
01:30 Completing the Character Set
01:52 Testing the Fonts Spacing & Kerning
02:30 Programming Features Review
03:00 Previewing the Fonts Features
03:24 Preparing the Font for Export
04:00 Exporting the Font
04:30 Installing Your Font
04:45 Testing in Adobe Illustrator