| Description |
208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Copyrighting your fonts -- Commercial selling and licensing -- Setting up your own foundry -- Signing with a reseller -- Signing with a foundry -- Web fonts -- Interview: Sergiy Tkachenko -- 4.Resources -- Books and websites |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Typography Essentials -- ch. 1 Key Principles and Terms -- Types of type -- Weights, widths, and angles -- Small caps -- Important terminology -- Interview: Stephen Rapp -- ch. 2 Creating Letterforms -- Finding inspiration -- Hand-drawn lettering -- Digital lettering -- Found lettering -- Interview: Emily Conners -- 2.Creating A Font -- ch. 3 From Lettering to Vector File -- What is a font? -- Equipment, workflow, and software -- Working with a grid -- Working in Photoshop -- Working in Illustrator -- Interview: Jos Buivenga -- ch. 4 Font Creation Software Tutorials -- Introducing Fontlab -- More about glyphs -- Importing vectors -- Creating and editing glyphs -- Creating composite glyphs -- Spacing -- Kerning -- Adding OpcnType features -- Types of numerals -- Hinting -- Compiling your font -- Creating a font family -- Bigger families -- Fontographer -- Interview: Aaron Bell -- 3.Going Pro -- ch. 5 Marketing and Selling Your Fonts -- |
| Summary |
A new font is created every day. Whether you are creating fonts for your own project, for a client, or to sell, this is the first book out there to show you how to create unique fonts, use the most inexpensive software available, and make money doing something you absolutely love to do. Stand out in the crowd! Starting with the creation of fonts, moving to lessons on the software used to create them, and ending with helpful ways of marketing and selling, this is a groundbreaking must-have for digital artists of all kinds. Goes beyond just print and web to also help you transition your skills to new and emerging outlets (such as tablets). Stunning design contains a software key and a rating scale to help you navigate the various difficulty levels and software available |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Computer fonts -- Design.
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Type and type-founding -- Design.
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Type and type-founding.
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| ISBN |
0240823974 |
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9780240823973 |
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