Creating Fonts with Fontself, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
(Online Course)
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Carpenteria, CA linkedin.com, 2020.
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Online Course
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Language
English
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5/18/202012:00:00AM
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Presenter: Tony Harmer
Description
Get up and running with Fontself Maker, an extension for Illustrator and Photoshop that allows you to quickly create your own unique fonts.
Description
Fontself Maker is an extension for Illustrator and Photoshop that allows you to turn any lettering into unique OpenType fonts. In this course, instructor Tony Harmer shows you how to get the most out of this powerful extension. After stepping through how to install Fontself Maker, Tony goes over some basic typography terms to help you grasp the mechanics of designing type. He then demonstrates how to create fonts in Illustrator, explaining how to set font metrics with guides and use Live Paint to create color font glyphs that can be used to create an OpenType-SVG color font. Next, he delves into font creation in Photoshop, including how to create both bitmap and vector fonts. Plus, get tips for refining your font by adjusting glyph sizes, spacing, and kerning attributes.
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Latest version of the following browsers: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Internet Explorer. Adobe Flash Player Plugin. JavaScript and cookies must be enabled. A broadband Internet connection.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Harmer, T. (2020). Creating Fonts with Fontself, Illustrator, and Photoshop . linkedin.com.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harmer, Tony. 2020. Creating Fonts With Fontself, Illustrator, and Photoshop. linkedin.com.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harmer, Tony. Creating Fonts With Fontself, Illustrator, and Photoshop linkedin.com, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Harmer, Tony. Creating Fonts With Fontself, Illustrator, and Photoshop linkedin.com, 2020.
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