6/13/2023 0 Comments Typetool v1.3*Tip: I was taught to start with the letters A, B, M, N, O, S first when designing an entire alphabet as they generally cover every stroke/shape you’ll encounter when making the rest of the letters. For the sake of this tutorial, we’ll do a cleaner typeface (rather than hand-drawn) that I’ve already designed. I always design mine in Illustrator to skip the scan/live-trace/edit steps. The actual typeface design and how you create it is up to you, but eventually it has to end up in vector format. There should be a free trial.Īs a reference, here are some relevant terms used in talking about and making typefaces: I'm using TypeTool 3, which you can download here. I didn’t go into too much detail then, so I’m going to do that now! Check out Threadless designer Jillian's tutorial for creating your own font in TypeTool.Ī while back I did a short post with behind the scenes shots of how the Threadless holiday typeface was made. They're brought to you by our very own Threadless staff designers, Alex, Jillian & Speedy Joe. Teetorials are tips and tricks for adding those special touches to your designs.
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