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11/27/2017- Setting up a Glyphs App file
- Defining the stroke width
- Creating rounded glyphs
- Creating numbers
- Making uppercase and lowercase forms
- Creating punctuation
- Fixing spacing
- Kerning
- Making your font unique
Skill Level Intermediate
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- [Charles] Hello, I'm Charles Nix. I design typefaces for a living. I've also designed hundreds of books, posters, and other objects. And in that work, I've always had a soft spot for condensed gothic typefaces. Why? Because they're inherently big. Of course, you can make a typeface large by changing the point size. And we can pump it up by making it bold, but condensed gothics have bigness built in. I would argue that the condensed gothic sans form is the biggest style in the 580 year history of type in the west.
Why? It packs more type in a smaller space. More of everything. More x height, more weight, more characters, and more words. And all of that adds up to more impact. In this course, we'll analyze the form and then we'll assemble a condensed gothic font. We'll carefully space it, and then we'll discuss strategies for making it your own.
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Introduction
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Welcome53s
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1. About the Form
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Origin of sans serifs2m 7s
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What are condensed gothics?1m 41s
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2. The Uppercase
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Diagonal capitals15m 36s
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Rounded glyphs13m 2s
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Numbers12m 44s
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3. The Lowercase and Punctuation
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Basic lowercase forms6m 48s
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Lowercase rounded letters2m 46s
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Lowercase r and s6m 26s
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4. Punctuation and Other Glyphs
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Punctuation6m 27s
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The ampersand1m 30s
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A note on modularity1m 25s
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5. Spacing and Kerning
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Test and fix spacing3m 9s
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Kerning2m 25s
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6. Making Your Font Unique
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Proportions7m 45s
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Curves1m 8s
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Filters3m 55s
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7. Expanding Your Knowledge
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Study notable examples1m 54s
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