01. Drawing in Glyphs / Fontra

Introduction

For this part of the class, we'll split into breakout rooms for Glyphs(Mac) and Fontra(Windows) people. We will rip off the metaphorical band-aid.

What you need to do

• For Glyphs → download (DO NOT BUY) Glyphs full, NOT MINI! (I don't have the license files yet, but you have a 30 day free trial, and we will have licenses by then).
• For Fontra → download the "Fontra Pak" for Windows (presumably, if you want to use it and you are on a mac, you are allowed). Fontra is free.

What We Will Cover

• The workflow of how the programs work
• The differences of how you work in these programs versus Illustrator
• Basic drawing with the pen tool.
• Sidebearings.
• Font info/exporting.

Homework

• For homework you will make (at least) 5 glyphs/characters, of your own choice, in any case.
• This is not a rule, but I would maybe choose a letters that compose a word.
• The characters must have curves of some kind made with the respective pen tool.
• The characters cannot be composed of only "geometric primitives" (ellipses, rectangles)
• Upload the .ttf/.otf file (either is fine for now)
• Upload a raster image of all the letters you created.