• 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. The conclusion includes resources for further learning about typography and typeface design.

Topics include:

• Measuring type
• Classifying type
• Using the Glyphs app tools, windows, layers, palettes, and menus
• Working with Glyphs app scripts
• Drawing letterforms and characters
• Using filters
• Creating punctuation and reference marks
• Deploying OpenType ligatures and stylistic sets
• Fitting and kerning
• Exporting and testing fonts
• Setting up masters and instances for a font family