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Draw rounded glyphs

Draw rounded glyphs

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Draw rounded glyphs

- [Instructor] With straight-stemmed glyphs, shoulders, and the O's in place, you can now take on the rest of the rounded letters. Base the lowercase c an e on the rounds of the o. The c and e end in a thin terminal on the lower right. The opening on the right side of these letters is called an aperture. It can be very open like in old-style fonts, or partially closed like modern fonts. The serif at the top right of the c is usually a ball serif. The size and shape of the counter on the lowercase e, called the eye, is an important characteristic of any font since the e is one of the most common letters in all languages that use the Latin alphabet. Again, set the letters in sequence. The b, d, p, and q will borrow their ball-shapes from the lowercase o. Adjusting the shape carefully where it overlaps the stem, the ascender for the b and d is based on the lowercase l. Special attention should be given to the exiting stroke, or serif, at the bottom left of the b and the bottom right of…

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