Practical Font Design With Fontlab 5

Author : David Bergsland
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-10
Category : Computer fonts
ISBN : 1523333146

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Practical Font Design with Fontlab 5 by David Bergsland Pdf

This is the final edition of Practical Font Design using Fontlab Studio 5. It shares and demonstrates the latest, most efficient, basic font production workflow for single fonts and font families. David has spent over twenty years refining his font design techiques. This book does not offer a lot of intellectual design help. This is focused on - "How the heck do I do this?" and - "How can I quit spinning my wheels?" and - "Why is this taking me so much time?" These techniques will enable you to enjoy font design by letting you focus on the actual drawing of characters with a clear plan and a workflow which does not get in your way. More than that, these techniques will enable you to control the consistency so your font works as a whole. The book will teach you what a companion font is and how to design one. It will teach you an easy letterspacing technique which will allow you to simply control whether you are designing a text font or a display font. The book is a wealth of tips and techniques shared over the author's shoulder as you watch him develop his fonts. He's not teaching his method, but showing you how to develop your method of working. The book develops fourteen fonts in four font families, focused on book design. These Librum/Bream families are available at MyFonts.com, fonts.com, linotype.com, fontspring.com, and through his website: bergsland.org The book will change your life as a font designer.

Author : David Bergsland
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781458387882

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Practical Font Design by David Bergsland Pdf

Practical Font Design has built a niche for itself among graphic and Web designers who want to build their own fonts: especially with the first book. I learned a lot since I wrote that first book. This radically revised, updated, and expanded third edition combines the first two books. They are rearranged so they make a lot more sense and some brand new material is added. This is a quick introduction showing a workflow to build new fonts using FontLab 5. Fourteen fonts are developed in this book including an 8-font text family and a companion 4-font sans serif for headers. The techniques are simple and easy to understand. The results are completely under your control.

Author : David Bergsland
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1466417722

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Practical Font Design for Graphic Designers by David Bergsland Pdf

This is the Fontographer version of Practical Font Design. In it I guide you through the process of designing several fonts while discussing the options and decisions you need to make as you do so. It is an effort to let you inside the head of an experienced font designer. The goal is to get you up and running with your own designs as quick as possible with a good solid conceptual understanding of the entire process of font design. Why do you want to use Fontographer? For the fun of it! When I received the opportunity to go back to my roots, and see what the new Fontographer was like, I was a little concerned. I had just spent nine years painfully teaching myself to letterspace by hand, to write OpenType features, and to become accustomed to the tool set of FontLab. Don't get me wrong, FontLab is a great program and I am grateful for what I have learned. There are still a few features of FontLab that, as a professional font designer, I cannot do without. But I was taken by surprise. Fontographer brought the fun back! It is still the same marvelous program with which I first learned to design fonts. The drawing interface is still clean, clear, and elegant. I still works the way I have learned to work over the past two decades of digital graphic design. I found pure joy in drawing again. Fontographer is a wonderful drawing experience. It has been a real joy to experience that fun again. After nearly a decade in FontLab, font design is fun again. To quote from the book: "Fontographer is an application which appeals to experienced graphics designers with a background in PostScript illustration-especially those with FreeHand experience from version 7 and earlier. The majority of designers working in the mid-1990s had a copy of Fontographer. It came free with the FreeHand Graphics Studio first released in 1995-and everyone probably used it [at least a little]. Fontographer had [and still has] a unique and intuitive set of drawing tools that enable amateurs of that era to enter the world of font design. I'm talking amateurs in the sense that John Baskerville considered himself an amateur-as I also consider myself, though I am certainly not in Baskerville's league. For me, font design is a beloved sideline with which I indulge myself. It's become a treasured tool I use in my current trade-book writing, designing, and production." Please help me by emailing me with your comments & typos

Author : David Bergsland
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1450561519

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Practical Font Design by David Bergsland Pdf

This book uses Fontlab 5 to design a new OpenType font of 600+ characters, step by step. The focus is on practical design tips and techniques for those of us who do not like nor want to do coding. The author has been designing fonts since 1994 and has over 100 fonts on the market at Myfonts.com and the Monotype family of sites under the Hackberry Font Foundry banner.

Author : David Bergsland
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Fontographer
ISBN : 146647940X

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Fontographer by David Bergsland Pdf

"Fontographer is an application which appeals to experienced graphic designers with a background in PostScript illustration"-Page 1.

Author : Leslie Cabarga
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1035933051

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Learn Fontlab Fast by Leslie Cabarga Pdf

Author : Karen Cheng
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780300249927

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Designing Type by Karen Cheng Pdf

The now-classic introduction to designing typography, handsomely redesigned and updated for the digital age In this invaluable book, Karen Cheng explains the processes behind creating and designing type, one of the most important tools of graphic design. She addresses issues of structure, optical compensation, and legibility, with special emphasis given to the often-overlooked relationships between letters and shapes in font design. In this second edition, students and professional graphic designers alike will benefit from an expanded discussion of the creative practice of designing type—what designers need to consider, their rationale, and issues of accessibility—in the context of contemporary processes for the digital age. Illustrated with more than 400 diagrams that demonstrate visual principles and letter construction, ranging from informal progress sketches to final type designs and diagrams, this essential guide analyzes a wide range of classic and modern typefaces, including those from many premier type foundries. Cheng’s text covers the history of type, the primary systems of typeface classification, the parts of a letter, and the effects of new technology on design methodology, among many other key topics.

Author : Jim Krause
Publisher : New Riders
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780133993721

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Lessons in Typography by Jim Krause Pdf

Get hands on with type in this lesson-based addition to Jim Krause’s popular new Creative Core series on design fundamentals. In Lessons in Typography, you’ll learn the basics of identifying, choosing, and using typefaces and immediately put that knowledge to work through a collection of exercises designed to deepen and expand your typographic skills. After a crash course in type terminology, you’re encouraged to walk the talk with lessons and exercises on creating type-based logos, crafting personal emblems, choosing and using the right fonts for layouts, designing your own fonts, fine-tuning text like a professional, hand lettering, and more. Krause uses practical advice, humor, and page after page of visual examples to give you a complete education in designing with type that you can read in a matter of hours and continue to learn from over the course of your career. In Lessons in Typography, you’ll learn how to: Identify and discuss fonts like a design professional Choose and combine fonts effectively for use in your projects and layouts Create monograms and logos using existing typefaces and custom-built letterforms Modify fonts to meet your design’s specific needs Space letters properly using tracking, kerning, and leading and create eye-pleasing layouts Lessons in Typography is the third book in the New Riders Creative Core series, which provides instruction on the fundamental concepts and techniques that all designers must master to become skilled professionals. Additional titles in the series include Visual Design and Color for Designers.

Author : Leslie Cabarga
Publisher : North Light Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004-02-15
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015058276166

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Logo, Font & Lettering Bible by Leslie Cabarga Pdf

This book is a hands-on guide to the entire process of making logos and fonts and even icons, all of which, essentially, start with the ability to draw letterforms. The intent of the book, in fact, is to enable the user to end reliance on "OPF" (other people's fonts) and learn to draw your own custom logos, fonts and lettering! Logo, Font & Lettering Bible is unique in that it teaches you how to create logos and fonts from scratch using traditional tools as well as the computer programs Adobe Illustrator and Fontographer (plus a bit about FontLab). The book provides all the traditional rules and tips about letter formation relating to proportion, shaping, balance, spacing, composition and actually teaches five different methods of drawing letters on computer using bezier curves. There has never been a book like this one that goes into so much detail about drawing letters and takes such a fun and irreverent approach while doing so. The book is also full of inspiration and analysis of tons of great examples of vintage and current lettering from old manuscripts to graffiti. Logo, Font & Lettering Bible also shows you how to create fancy drop shadows and other type effects. And finally, the last section provides straight talk on the business of being a logo and font designer, from advertising your work and pricing to dealing with difficult clients (aren't they all?).

Author : David Bergsland
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557660490

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Practical Font Design: Part 2 by David Bergsland Pdf

Author : Alec Julien
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computer fonts
ISBN : 0240823974

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Fontface by Alec Julien Pdf

A new font is created every day. Whether you are creating fonts for your own project, for a client, or to sell, this is the first book out there to show you how to create unique fonts, use the most inexpensive software available, and make money doing something you absolutely love to do. Stand out in the crowd! Starting with the creation of fonts, moving to lessons on the software used to create them, and ending with helpful ways of marketing and selling, this is a groundbreaking must-have for digital artists of all kinds. Goes beyond just print and web to also help you transition your skills to new and emerging outlets (such as tablets). Stunning design contains a software key and a rating scale to help you navigate the various difficulty levels and software available.

Author : Daniel Navarro
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781326189723

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Learning Statistics with R by Daniel Navarro Pdf

"Learning Statistics with R" covers the contents of an introductory statistics class, as typically taught to undergraduate psychology students, focusing on the use of the R statistical software and adopting a light, conversational style throughout. The book discusses how to get started in R, and gives an introduction to data manipulation and writing scripts. From a statistical perspective, the book discusses descriptive statistics and graphing first, followed by chapters on probability theory, sampling and estimation, and null hypothesis testing. After introducing the theory, the book covers the analysis of contingency tables, t-tests, ANOVAs and regression. Bayesian statistics are covered at the end of the book. For more information (and the opportunity to check the book out before you buy!) visit http://ua.edu.au/ccs/teaching/lsr or http://learningstatisticswithr.com

Author : CHRIS. RAUSCH CAMPE (ULRIKE.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0500241554

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DESIGNING FONTS by CHRIS. RAUSCH CAMPE (ULRIKE.) Pdf

Author : Yannis Haralambous
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-26
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780596102425

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Fonts & Encodings by Yannis Haralambous Pdf

The era of ASCII characters on green screens is long gone. Industry leaders such as Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle have adopted the Unicode Worldwide Character Standard. This book explains information on fonts and typography that software and web developers need to know to get typography and fonts to work properly.

Author : Dr Murray Logan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444362473

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Biostatistical Design and Analysis Using R by Dr Murray Logan Pdf

R — the statistical and graphical environment is rapidly emerging as an important set of teaching and research tools for biologists. This book draws upon the popularity and free availability of R to couple the theory and practice of biostatistics into a single treatment, so as to provide a textbook for biologists learning statistics, R, or both. An abridged description of biostatistical principles and analysis sequence keys are combined together with worked examples of the practical use of R into a complete practical guide to designing and analyzing real biological research. Topics covered include: simple hypothesis testing, graphing exploratory data analysis and graphical summaries regression (linear, multi and non-linear) simple and complex ANOVA and ANCOVA designs (including nested, factorial, blocking, spit-plot and repeated measures) frequency analysis and generalized linear models. Linear mixed effects modeling is also incorporated extensively throughout as an alternative to traditional modeling techniques. The book is accompanied by a companion website www.wiley.com/go/logan/r with an extensive set of resources comprising all R scripts and data sets used in the book, additional worked examples, the biology package, and other instructional materials and links.