My 4 Streams of income as a graphic designer (passive and active)

[@hadjjicus]

you’re real man.

[@ExtraCreditDesignClub]

thanks for the support

[@Dreadlabs]

Great video! Also, crazy to see how good your Fonts are doing! I'm selling assets myself, but I'm eager to also start teaching some Skillshare classes. Thanks for the insight!

[@ExtraCreditDesignClub]

hey, Im loving your stuff as well. Im excited to see where you take the classes. I am thinking about leaning more into Skillshare cuz the font biz is slow this year.

[@dannyquijano_]

Nice! Thank you. I’m planning to take that leap into freelancing and design services!

[@ExtraCreditDesignClub]

awesome LMK how it goes for you. good luck and thanks for the support

[@jimbothesailor4217]

This is great content mate! Really inspiring. I'd love to have a proper chat with you at some point, I'm a university lecturer in the UK and I would like to make a move into my own personal work. I worked for agencies for a long time, them went straight into universities. I really want to be my own boss! Love this video.

[@ExtraCreditDesignClub]

Happy to chat. Reach out on my instagram @extracreditdesignclub DM me there are we can set up a time to talk.

[@MYSECACC123]

are you "that that type?" you are my inspiration, ngl. I'm new subscribers. your design is stunning! "are you libra?"

[@ExtraCreditDesignClub]

yeah That That Type is my lil foundry. and thanks for the support. Im glad I could provide a bit of inspiration. and... I'm an Aries Baybeee!!!!

[@MYSECACC123]

those two zodiac makes me a little confused, happy a nice day!

[@coalarc-sb1fl]

Great video! In your opinion, what type of fonts do you think would be more successful in sales for those who are new to font design(&sale)? What types of fonts are generally most in demand in your practice? Serif,sans serif or maybe display? Thank you very much in advance for you answer!

[@ExtraCreditDesignClub]

This really depends on the target audience you want to sell to. Starting off I would do display fonts because they are easier to make and sell to a wide audience for a lower price. but after a few years once you start to really master the craft of font design I would more up market and make high end serif and sans serif fonts families with more language support and extra features. The main thing you need to do to succeed is make something desirable, and unique. it is a balance that really only experimentation will show you. make as many fonts as you can as fast as you can. and see what works for you. see what are the top selling fonts on other marketplaces and try to figure out how you can make something "like" those fonts I say "like" and I mean something with the same quality and specialness not just a slightly different version of the same aesthetics. that was a bit of a long answer but I hope that helps. the short version. "boring" sans serifs sell the best but you probably need to be designing type for a few years before you will be able to make a high quality "boring" sans as they are probably the most difficult thing to get right. Also it is more important to find the sweet spot of what sales and what you really enjoy making because making fonts is time consuming and potentially very boring if you don't absolutely love the process.

[@coalarc-sb1fl]

@@ExtraCreditDesignClub Thank you so much for such a detailed reply! Valuable recommendations for me 👍🏻

[@stephystuff2955]

When you sell your fonts, is this a one-time charge, such as you sell it once to that person and no one else can use it?

[@ExtraCreditDesignClub]

no, not usually. I sell my fonts for $15 generally and an unlimited number of people can buy that some font. occasionally I will do custom typeface work where I create a typeface for a company that only that company can use. but that is a much higher [rice tag as fonts generally take weeks or months to develop.

[@stephystuff2955]

@@ExtraCreditDesignClub thank you so much for answering 😀

[@MaxChesky]

I'm looking to create my first font. I've almost everything done in illustrator. What is the next step? Glyphs app? Do you have any recommendations regarding one-stop course or e-book to create a font. Is your course on skill share is still legit? Thank in advance :)

[@ExtraCreditDesignClub]

my course on skillshare is a great jumping off point for learning glyphs mini app. if you are wanting to dive in deeper I can hit you with some other recommendations. DM me on Instagram and I can tell you more about it

[@MaxChesky]

Thanks for the new video, i feel that you already answered on all questions and even more :) @@ExtraCreditDesignClub