Creating Basic Fonts With FontForge

Creating Basic Fonts With FontForge

Год выпуска: 2011
Производитель: VTC
производителя: vtc
Автор: James Street
Продолжительность: 7:28
Тип раздаваемого материала: Видеоклипы
Язык: Английский
Описание: In this course, James Street shows you how to create basic fonts using the world's most powerful free and open source Unix-based font editor: FontForge. This course is designed from the ground up to be an entry point into Font Design, providing background design information for anyone wishing to take up the practice. James provides instruction on font anatomy, characteristics, and general design tips as well as a beginner friendly introduction to FontForge. The interface, workflow, and tools of FontForge are covered to help make sense of the mysterious art of font creation. The course leverages FontForge and related tools in conjunction with three different methods that can be used to create consistent and reliable fonts. The course also covers potential options for installing this powerful Unix-based tool on Mac and Windows systems. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links!
Джеймс рассказывает как создаются шрифты в FontForge.

Содержание
About the Course Introduction to Course
Target Audience
Course Overview
About FontForge About FontForge
Font Formats & Encoding Types
Other Tools
Font Basics Introduction
Typeface Basics
Anatomy pt. 1
Anatomy pt. 2
Font Characteristics pt. 1
Font Characteristics pt. 2
Workflows Overview
Parts
Outlined Path
Hybrid
Decisions
Installing Your Toolset Introduction
Install on Ubuntu
Mac Options
Windows Options
Virtualization
Run a LiveCD
Interface Fundamentals Introduction
Opening Existing Fonts
Font View
Outline Window
Metrics Window
Components of the Glyph pt. 1
Components of the Glyph pt. 2
Components of the Glyph pt. 3
Extrema
Tools pt. 1
Tools pt. 2
Tools pt. 3
Tools pt. 4
Tools pt. 5
Saving
Consistency
How to Create a Font: Parts Getting Started
Guides
Vertical Stem
The Shoulder pt. 1
The Shoulder pt. 2
Saving Components
Similar Glyphs
Bowl Glyphs pt. 1
Bowl Glyphs pt. 2
Mixed Bowl & Stem
Dots
Crossbars
Diagonals pt. 1
Diagonals pt. 2
Diagonals pt. 3
The Final Letter: S
Conclusion
How to Create a Font: Outlined Paths Introduction
Laying Down the Paths pt. 1
Laying Down the Paths pt. 2
Laying Down the Paths pt. 3
Expanded Stroke Options pt. 1
Expanded Stroke Options pt. 2
Expanded Stroke Tweaking
Modification
Conclusion
How to Create a Font: Hybrid Introduction
Cleaning Up the Scanned Image pt. 1
Cleaning Up the Scanned Image pt. 2
To Autotrace or Not To Autotrace?
Manual Tracing
Inkscape pt. 1
Inkscape pt. 2
Refining & Generating Fonts Introduction
Validating Fonts pt. 1
Validating Fonts pt. 2
Advance Width pt. 1
Advance Width pt. 2
Lookups & Kerning
Creating Lookups & Kerning Pairs
Creating & Modifying Bitmap Strikes
Generating Fonts
Review & Wrap-up Summary
Challenge!
Credits About the Author

Файлы примеров: отсутствуют
Формат видео: MP4
Видео: AVC, 1024x768, 4:3, 10fps, 205kbps
Аудио: AAC, 44.1kHz,64kbps, mono