Design a modular typeface from first concept to a fully functional, installable font in this six-week live online course with Barcelona-based type designer Joan Ramon Pastor Rovira (Wete). Complimentary Glyphs licenses available for all participants!
Deep Dive: Flexible Type Systems with Glyphs
From concept to Glyphs: design your own modular typeface and export a fully functional, installable font. Master the complete professional workflow and bring your unique digital alphabet to life!
This course guides students through the complete process of designing and producing a modular typeface, from initial concept to a fully functional digital font. Across six sessions, participants will explore typographic fundamentals such as classification, letter anatomy, alignments, modular systems, spacing, kerning, and character set development. They will also gain practical experience using professional type design software, including Glyphs, learning how to transfer vector drawings, build letterforms, refine consistency, and implement spacing directly within the font file.
Through a combination of theory, guided exercises, software demonstrations, and feedback sessions, students will develop their own modular alphabet and expand it into a usable typeface. The course also covers font generation, testing, troubleshooting, and final export. By the end, each participant will have created an installable digital font that can be used in their own design projects.
Over six Wednesday sessions, you will work through typographic fundamentals, letter anatomy and modular systems, move your vector drawings from Illustrator into Glyphs, and take on spacing, kerning, character set development, font generation, testing and export. The course is for professionals and students who want to bring modular type design into their working process.
Session 1: Typographic Fundamentals for Modular Type Systems
Typographic classification, letter anatomy, alignments, project overview, and an introduction to the Glyphs interface and essential tools.
Session 2: Drawing in Glyphs for Modular Type Design
Understanding modular systems, developing the initial character set, and transferring vector drawings from Adobe Illustrator to Glyphs.
Session 3: Typographic Spacing
Metrics, kerning, spacing principles, and implementing spacing within the font file in Glyphs.
Session 4: Alphabet Design and Development
Expanding the alphabet from the modular system, refining consistency, and developing additional glyphs.
Session 5: Exporting and Testing Your Typeface
Best practices for font generation, testing, troubleshooting, and preparing the final typeface.
Session 6: Presentations
Final student presentations and group feedback.
- When?
- 6 Wednesdays, 11 November to 16 December 2026
15:00 to 17:30 CET - For Whom?
- Professionals and students who want to deepen their knowledge of typography and bring modular type design into their working process.
- How Much?
799€ + VAT (early bird 450€)
- Language
- English
- Prerequisites
Pen and paper, Adobe Illustrator and Glyphs