Episode 1: Designing Your First Font in Glyphs Mini

[@JoeyHillenbrand]

This is exactly the kind of video I've needed for so long - thank you and I hope you make more!

[@DanielNisbet]

Thanks Joseph!

[@StuartDMcKee]

Thank you, Daniel! I will be teaching students how to use Glyphs Mini this semester, and I plan to share your video with them. I last taught using Font Lab Studio more than eight years ago, and your video brought me up to snuff quickly on the Glyphs Mini protocol. I will certainly be watching the entire series. I offer you my best!

[@DanielNisbet]

Thanks so much-that's so amazing to hear!

[@connergayda]

Super helpful video, Daniel! Question for you: do you use these same base grid settings each time you design a font? If not, how do you determine what your grid settings will be? General rules of thumb for setting up a gird? Maybe this could be a video idea for the future if the answer is too complex for the comments…

[@DanielNisbet]

This was just a basic grid I had started with, as it was taught to me. That said, I've seen other type designers alter and re-arrange the grid to create unique typefaces!

[@paze21]

Thank you Daniel! Great intro Video

[@softwaremaniactest4069]

Excellent. I feel like we should pay for this instruction!

[@dargancrowley-long719]

This was great Daniel! When is the next episode out? 🙂

[@DanielNisbet]

Thanks Dargan! Aiming for some time within the next week-putting the finishing touches on episode 2 at the moment.

[@dargancrowley-long719]

@@DanielNisbet Super, can't wait!

[@ChrisCorrado]

thanx for this!

[@MrBrady95]

Thanks for the series!

[@aamna8542]

Which short cut you press to exit this outline mode like i need to see the real letter, and thanks.

[@DanielNisbet]

Just press and hold the space bar when you're in the glyph editor window!

[@Dangrudd]

great vid, thank you so much!

[@Winstonbee3366]

Great video on how to start. You created your grid based on units of seven. I have one question. Why seven? Thanks.

[@DanielNisbet]

It's what I picked up from a teacher (John Downer) who taught it that way. I think it comes from the days of sign painting on buildings!

[@nghinguyen408]

Thank you so much ❤

[@anthonygrant99]

Such a great tutorial. Thank you for sharing all of these tips and tricks-especially components!

[@ConnorLumsden]

Have you ever used BirdFont?

[@DanielNisbet]

Hi Connor! I do have a copy of it on my system and keep intending to give it a try.

[@dargancrowleylong]

Yup, keep it coming Daniel! Loving this series

[@arizalm]

Thank you daniel, love the series!

[@ahroralikhanov]

Hi Daniel, how to show grid?

[@DanielNisbet]

The only way I know is to zoom in-eventually Glyphs should show it. Beyond that, I don't know of a shortcut or menu item that toggles it.

[@CrescentMond]

This feels very useful even for someone like me that can't get Glyphs - because I'm on PC. Still, your insights are great on its own!

[@DanielNisbet]

Thanks so much! I've tried out a number of other type design programs in the past and could consider doing a series in the future on one that works in Windows/Linux/Mac

[@CrescentMond]

@@DanielNisbet that would be great! I've tried a few, both open source and not, but I'm a beginner with fonts and I don't know if my problems are with me not being used to the programs, coming from illustrator and corel draw, or if the programs themselves are that clunky. In that respect, at least from your videos, glyphs seems that much smoother... I'm kinda envious!

[@DanielNisbet]

@@CrescentMond I know FontForge can be a bit clunky (I did a livestream a while ago with it). If you're used to Illustrator and just want to get started there, Fontself is a fantastic plugin that's very beginner friendly. It's about the price as Glyphs Mini too!

[@softwaremaniactest4069]

Buy a Mac!

[@CrescentMond]

@@softwaremaniactest4069 I mean, I'm sure they're great, but I've got a live-in tech, my partner, that specialises in windows machines... that advantage would fly out of the window (pun not intended but lol) right then and there lol

[@faisalsyalvi5241]

Hi, dear i edit one font but i face one issue, that is lower corners of some words like g, y, j etc. do skip automatically any solution plz???

[@jenniferbasnyat4520]

Great video! I'm very new to Glyph Mini... how do you import your code template file?

[@DanielNisbet]

Hi Jennifer and welcome to the world of type design! For the files, you should be able to just do File > Open 😊

[@jenniferbasnyat4520]

thanks Daniel:) I saw the code doc and wasn’t sure

[@muhammadaziz2130]

is glyphs mini feature worth it to start selling fonts ?

[@user-dj8gt6ik7c]

Where is my grid!?

[@chantellegiardina5098]

Awesome