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Font design process: Getting closer to Name Mono v.04
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Font design session (continued): Name Mono Thin, fixing more accents
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Font design session (continued): Name Mono Thin, fixing accents
20:15
Font design session: Name Mono Thin, fixing numerals
16:10
Font design work session: more fixes to Name Mono lowercase
15:42
Font design work session: Name Mono Thin, lowercase fixes
18:39
Font design work session: fixing the Thin source of Name Mono (Part 3)
15:50
Font design work session: fixing the Thin source of Name Mono (Part 2)
16:46
Font design work session: fixing the Thin source of Name Mono
01:28
Having some fun with Kyrios v0.3 – dropping Oct 1!
39:30
Kyrios update: getting closer to v0.3 – testing the full weight axis!
01:09:04
MORE Kyrios Ultra! Drawing bold stylistic alts and extrapolating a new test
59:39
Kyrios Text Ultra, continued! Generating the first test of *Display* Ultra, plus more drawing
42:24
Font design stream: drawing more of Kyrios Text Black
48:09
Kyrios Text Black exploration, continued
35:53
Font design stream: exploring Kyrios Text Black with a script, then manual edits
01:29:04
Making a single-line CNC font from Shantell Sans
37:56
Working on small caps for the Lang Gothic font family
01:13:03
Lang Gothic workstream: building Central European characters
21:12
Swapping alternate glyphs into default glyphs, in GlyphsApp (glyph form experiment, part 2)
42:01
Using stylistic sets for experimentation in font design (plus an InDesign tip)
48:27
Making small caps for the “Extended Latin” characters of AT Lang
01:30:57
Refining small caps: numerals and Western Euro characters, plus weight-based glyph substitution
36:37
Continued work on small caps in AT Lang: numerals and spacing
01:14:45
Fixing & refining first-draft small caps for AT Lang
50:46
Generating first-draft small caps in GlyphsApp and RoboFont ScaleFast
35:01
Prototyping code ligatures for Name Mono
39:30
Studio update & quick work session, making new alts for for Name Mono
20:23
Updates on Name Mono (also a studio update!)
44:31
Tips for working across a lot of sources for a variable font in RoboFont
13:22
Making a mono! Part 8: punctuation & numerals (time lapse at about 1300% speed)
21:51
How I review a basic font proof (Making a mono, part 7)
01:10:59
How to refine a first-draft font: proofing & testing (Making a mono, Part 6)
06:57
Making a mono! Part 5: Name Mono Black, uppercase (time lapse at about 1600% speed)
51:40
Making a mono! Part 4: Name Mono Black Italic, lowercase v, w, x, y, z
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Making a mono! Part 3: Name Mono Black Italic, lowercase g, i, l, j, k, r, s
40:20
Making a mono! Part 2: Name Mono Black Italic, lowercase a–f, m, p, q, t
35:14
Making a mono! Part 1: Name Mono Black, upright lowercase
22:29
Type design session: drawing a new mono italic ‘g’
39:20
Font design session: understanding kerning exceptions in MetricsMachine and proofing with DrawBot
21:44
How I use “support sources” to closely control the large variable font axes of Name Sans
18:26
Drawing a BRUTAL death metal logo in Photoshop
24:52
Beginner’s guide to setting up Recursive Code Config
45:53
Adding arrow ligatures & looong arrows to Name Sans, Part 2
01:00:28
Adding arrow ligatures & looong arrows to Name Sans, Part 1
01:01
“Thank You” card, stamp cutting timelapse
01:01
Timelapse: vectorizing hand lettering in GlyphsApp
01:01
Gibson-inspired “Thank You” lettering timelapse
08:35
Quick tip: the best drawing tool you may not know about, in RoboFont vs GlyphsApp
12:58
Kerning italics gets weird... (plus a custom controller, the Keebio BDN9)
24:03
How I designed the “Paulicaster” guitar w/ GlyphsApp, Illustrator, and Fusion360
01:57:18
Extending Lombardic caps in AT Kyrios with new alts (ss02)
29:38
Upgrading to Designspace version 5.0 for a Roman + Italic variable font project
22:35
Variable font design: making masters compatible for interpolation (Part 2: the Glyphs way)
44:01
Variable font design: making sources compatible for interpolation (Part 1: the RoboFont way)
12:18
OpenType mark & mkmk features: building, testing, and inspecting
18:40
Fixing the extended glyph set of Name Sans Display Bold Italic
58:50
Fixing Python-generated “italics” for Name Sans Display Bold Italic
46:59
Type design ~secrets~ for the efficient creation of italic fonts - tips, tricks, and scripts
49:56
Drawing a few new glyphs for an upcoming font update (Lang v0.3)