Getting Started

¡Aprende a diseñar una tipografía desde cero con Glyphs, Illustrator y funciones OpenType! Juanjo López, más conocido como Juanjez y especialista en diseño de letras, te enseñará el proceso de creación de una tipografía digital. Desde el dibujo hasta dejarla lista para ser instalada en tu carpeta de fuentes y usarla en un programa de diseño.

Español, iniciación, 8h 37m, desde €19,90

Machen Sie Ihre ersten Schritte im Schriftentwurf: Schrift- und Markenentwickler Jakob Runge zeigt, wie Designer peu à peu ein ganzes Alphabet aufbauen und ihren Blick für typografische Details schärfen. Dabei sind auch Sie in diversen Übungsaufgaben immer wieder gefordert und dürfen Ihr schriftgestalterisches Verständnis auf die Probe stellen und mit dem Lösungsansatz des Experten vergleichen.
Deutsch, Anfänger, 4h 0m, video2brain-Abo

Learn how to create your own variable color font with Arthur Reinders Folmer a.k.a. typearture The course consists of 11+3 video lessons. They cover everything from creating to implementing a variable font.
English, all levels, online video course, introductory pricing EUR 109

In Lynne Yun’s online type design school, you will learn what ‘you need to know before embarking on your first typeface design, and then carrying it to the finish line.’ English and Spanish closed captions are available for all video content. Beginner and intermediate. Foundations of Type Design course: free, donations appreciated.

Canadian type designer Kevin King has published a series of in-depth screencasts about type design in Glyphs in his Youtube channel. Watch, listen and learn as Kevin steps you through the process of making a Latin font family.
English, beginner, intermediate and advanced, Youtube channel

Charles Nix leads a tour of the Glyphs workspace and then coaches you through the construction of a complete font—from outline to stroke, stroke to character, characters to typeface. There are special sections dedicated to spacing, kerning, optional OpenType features, and font testing and export. Charles also shows how to create type families with multiple masters.
English, beginner, 2h 57m, Lynda.com subscription

Learn how designer and illustrator Jenny Lee of Hello Brio Studio creates hand drawn fonts. In this 50-minute class, you’ll learn all the steps of font-making from sketching to digitizing. By the end, you’ll have a personalised all-caps font that you love.
English, beginner, 50m, Skillshare subscription

Learn the basics of constructing a condensed sans-serif font using Glyphs App, the premier software for designing type. Instructor Charles Nix takes you through the design process along a logical path, building from simple elements to a complete font. He shows how to create lowercase and uppercase forms, as well as numbers and punctuation. Once the font is complete, learn about refining it with spacing and kerning, and discover strategies for making the font your own.
English, intermediate, 2h 10m, Lynda.com subscription

In this course, instructor Charles Nix takes you through the entire process of designing an italic typeface, building from an upright roman script to the italic form. He shows how to create capital and lowercase characters, as well as punctuation, while examining aspects such as slant, stem width, serif shape, and other fundamental differences between the roman and italic forms. Once the font is complete, he refines it with spacing and kerning, and introduces strategies for generating and testing the final font files.
English, intermediate, 2h 48m, Lynda.com subscription

Get started in Glyphs with this one-hour screencast on how to create a piece of lettering digitally. Watch lettering artist and type designer Matthew Smith do his infamous ‘Cutie’ lettering. And you cannot beat that price: it’s free for you to watch! Enjoy.
English, beginner, 1h 5m, Youtube

Tyler Finck has a bunch screencasts about making fonts in his Youtube channel, specifically about getting started. Including short tutorials about Variable Fonts and Glyphs Mini.
English, beginner and intermediate, Youtube channel

Take a peek over Italian calligrapher and type designer Giuseppe Salerno’s shoulder as he takes you through his design workflow in this enlightening series of short screencasts in his YouTube channel. It is free, and best of all, it is universal because it uses no language at all.
Beginner and intermediate, Youtube channel

Being able to make dingbats allows you to showcase your work in more online shops. This course is 3 lessons long including video modules and bonus lessons teaching you the fundamentals of dingbat design. It is your opening step into the world of font creation.
English, beginner/intermediate, USD 199

Comprehensive online course by Barcelona-based desigenr Juanra Pastor Rovira (Wete): Learn how to use all the tools offered by the software to design and create your own fonts from scratch. Spanish with English subtitles. Domestika: 57 lessons, 9+ hours, EUR 39.90

Hungarian designer Roland Hüse has been putting together vectorisation tutorials aimed at hand lettering artists, calligraphers and logo designers. Free tutorials, personal feedback upon request.