Learn how to create your custom icon font quickly and easily from existing icons or your own hand-drawn artwork, using tools like Illustrator, Fontello, Glyphs Mini, and more.
- [Voiceover] Hi, I'm James Williamson, Senior Author here at lynda.com and I wanna welcome you to Creating Icon Fonts. In this course, I'm gonna cover a couple of popular techniques used to create icon fonts. We're gonna start with the basic overview of what icon fonts are and how they work. From there we're gonna take a look at using online tools to generate icon fonts from existing fonts as well as being able to upload your own artwork. Then we're gonna move on to creating icon fonts through the use of vector drawing programs and font creation software.
We'll discuss what makes a good icon, how to properly set up your workspace, tips for drawing glyphs and how to properly export your vectors. I'll cover how to properly set your font up and organize your glyphs and how to cleanly import your artwork. I'll also show you how to use the service Font Squirrel to generate the necessary web fonts. I had a lot of fun building this course and I can't wait to show you how rewarding it is to build your own icon font.
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3/14/2014Note: Glyphs Mini is only available on the Mac.
- What is an icon font?
- Searching options for creating icon fonts
- Choosing existing icons from an online service
- Setting up your font-creation workspace
- Drawing curves
- Creating compound paths
- Exporting glyphs
- Setting glyph properties
- Simplifying paths
- Exporting your icon font
- Using Font Squirrel to generate web fonts
- Testing icon fonts
Skill Level Intermediate
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Welcome
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Introduction1m 2s
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1. Icon Font Overview
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What is an icon font?3m 28s
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Tools overview4m 34s
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2. Using Online Tools
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Online font-creation tools3m 11s
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Choosing existing icons5m 22s
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Uploading custom icons3m 30s
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Ensuring consistent sizing3m 31s
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Choosing Unicode encoding5m 59s
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Setting font preferences5m 36s
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3. Drawing Glyphs
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Exploring the finished font7m 47s
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Setting up your workspace7m 39s
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Setting grids and guides5m 5s
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Drawing on a grid8m 34s
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Tips for drawing curves4m 2s
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Drawing consistent curves12m 56s
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Creating compound paths10m 8s
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Simplifying paths8m 7s
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Exporting glyphs9m 53s
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4. Creating Your Own Icon Font
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Glyphs Mini overview3m 15s
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Setting font info7m 43s
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Organizing glyphs7m 54s
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Adding new glyphs7m 45s
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Setting glyph properties7m 14s
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Importing SVG artwork7m 4s
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Controlling path orientation3m 42s
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Adding extrema points2m 45s
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Simplifying paths4m 59s
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Dealing with problem artwork7m 47s
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Renaming glyphs4m 39s
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Exporting fonts3m 13s
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5. Generating Web Fonts
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Exploring generated files4m 57s
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Testing icon fonts7m 55s
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Conclusion
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Additional resources5m 33s
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