Skillshare

Paper to Digital: Create Your Own Hand Drawn Font

Name: Paper to Digital: Create Your Own Hand Drawn Font
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.2 (45 reviews)

4.2(45)7k students

Korshub's take

Hand-Drawn Fonts Don't Require Perfection

Typography skills and a personal drawing style are all you need to design a typeface. This 50-minute class walks the full pipeline: brainstorming letter styles, sketching and inking by hand, digitizing in Photoshop and Illustrator, then plugging forms into the Glyphs app to export a working desktop font. Designer Jenn Coyle emphasizes that hand-drawn typefaces thrive on imperfection, and she shares time-saving tricks to streamline the digitization step. By the end, you'll have a complete all-caps font that reflects your personal style and is ready to install and use.

About this course

Love typography? Have you always wanted to design your own typeface? Guess what: you don't have to be an expert to create your own font. Learn how designer and illustrator Jenn Coyle of Hello Brio Studio creates hand drawn fonts. In this 50-minute class, you’ll learn all the steps of font-making from sketching to digitizing. By the end, you’ll have a personalized all-caps font that you love. Make sure to read the full Project Assignment before getting started.

In this class, you'll learn first and foremost that when you're creating your own font, it doesn't have to be perfect to be awesome.

I will take you through the entire process of hand drawn font creation, from brainstorming to sketching, then from digitizing in Photoshop and Illustrator to plugging in your letterforms into Glyphs App (Mac only). I'll teach a lot of time-saving tips and tricks that will allow you to create your own all-caps font in no time.

Learn where to start when brainstorming letter styles
Find font inspiration from what you already know
Typography anatomy basics and what goes into making a cohesive typeface
Best practices for sketching and inking your hand lettering
Digitize your artwork quickly using Photoshop and Illustrator
Use how to use Glyphs Mini App
Export and create your all-caps desktop font!

This course was created with designers in mind. But even if you aren't a Photoshop or Illustrator expert, you will be able to follow along and learn all of my tricks. No matter what - the main purpose is to inspire you to create your own font and make it your own!