If you have ever wondered how to create a font, you may find the following tutorials useful for getting an idea of how the font creation process works. The majority of tutorials listed feature the free and open source programs inkscape (vector drawing) and fontforge (font editor).
Inkscape and FontForge can be installed on both windows, mac and the linux operating system. The installation procedures for FontForge vary from operating system to operating system. If you are running linux, both FontForge and Inkscape should be available by default in your package manager repositories.
Next, I would like to mention one of my favorite typography blogs El Serif de Chocolate, where I have recently discovered my new love -- "Ferrica Light". You can follow Luis Fernando Carvente on Behance here: http://www.behance.net/carvente and on twitter:
Follow @serif_chocolate
He recently posted this great video called "Talking Type" with Ken Barber of House Industries
The following video tutorials vary. Basically it's just a taste of what can be done with the free software available. The last video uses illustrator and then moves on to display the font table and metrics window for setting the left and right width variants/bearing easily in FontForge.
From what I've seen, the newer versions of Inkscape make the font creation a bit easier than Illustrator as there are built in tools that allow the user to keep all of the font resources in one single svg. This svg can be imported into FontForge in one single step.
How to Make a Font with Inkscape | More info on Clever Someday - Make a dingbat font with Inkscape
Inkscape Typography Extensions - After designing glyphs in Inkscape and converting them to the SVGFont format, you can load it in Fontforge. More info in article by Felipe Sanches on understandingfonts.com
Marcia Said,
Hi Su, I sent you an email last week. Hope it didn't get lost in spam or something but hoping to hear back from you about the prayer tags. Just double checking whether they were delivered correctly.
Hope you have a lovely Monday.
Much love!
Posted on February 27, 2012 9:26 AM
Sweetheart Diary Said,
Wow... thanks for this...!
Posted on February 27, 2012 11:01 AM
Little Birdie Blessings Said,
Hi Su, this is a great post about fonts, very detailed and I even watched the video. I love working with digital, but I think this is beyond me at this time. Who knows though, someday I may surprise you with a brand new abby font. ~ Abby
Posted on February 27, 2012 11:27 AM
Susan Smith Said,
Marcia I sent you an email! Thanks :)
Abby These videos helped me feel as though the task is less daunting, lol!
Posted on February 27, 2012 7:22 PM
Free Pretty Things For You Said,
Hi My Love!! This is AWESOME! I cant wait to watch it all!
I still have an email for you!
But I just wanted to let you know To be looking out for that package in the next few days! I sent it out to day :)!!! YAY!!!!
Posted on February 28, 2012 5:43 PM
Susan Smith Said,
@Keren Aww, yayy~ thank you SO much. You are such a ♥sweetheart♥! ::hugs::
Posted on February 28, 2012 5:57 PM
Jill Lebbin Said,
Su, this is Great! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! You're so techy! Smiles, Jill
Posted on March 18, 2012 10:13 PM