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Font names are important because they determine font menu grouping and ordering, which is crucial for the way your fonts will appear to your users. Naming your font family can be a little tricky, so you will be happy that we shared our best tips in the following tutorial.

Each glyph name has a bulk of info associated with it, from Unicode value to categorization and sorting. All this is stored in the internal glyph database, or shortly: the ‘Glyph Data’.

Vertical metrics determine the first baseline in a text, the distance between lines of text, and the padding to the following object below the last baseline.

Grunge fonts, handwriting fonts, dirty letterpress fonts: if your font is complex, this tutorial is for you.

You want to manipulate an already existing font? Here are some very handy tips.

Whenever you want to use custom fonts on the web, you need webfonts. And whenever you make webfonts, file size will be your main concern. Learn how to properly create WOFF and WOFF2 fonts, plus some neat tips as a bonus.

When you switch to Glyphs from a different workflow, a lot becomes easier. But it’s important to mention what works differently from what you may be used to. Here are some very handy tips.