Design a Condensed Sans Serif Typeface

Learn how to make your own condensed sans-serif font.

Introduction

• Welcome
• About this course
• What you need to know

1. About the Form

• Origin of sans serifs
• What are condensed gothics?

2. The Uppercase

• Setting up the Glyphs App file
• Stroke width and base characters
• Diagonal capitals
• Rounded glyphs
• The B and S: Two new components
• Numbers

3. The Lowercase and Punctuation

• Basic lowercase forms
• Lowercase rounded letters
• Lowercase glyphs with pinched curves
• Lowercase r and s
• Lowercase glyphs with diagonals

4. Punctuation and Other Glyphs

• Punctuation
• Parentheses, brackets, and braces
• The ampersand
• A note on modularity

5. Spacing and Kerning

• Test and fix spacing
• Kerning

6. Making Your Font Unique

• Proportions
• Curves
• Filters
• Key differentiators

7. Expanding Your Knowledge

• Study notable examples
• General typographic resources