Overview
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Learn how to design an italic typeface that blends cohesively within a font family.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What this course is (and isn't)
- Origin of italics
- Evolution of italic fonts
- Key differences from roman
- Begin with roman: Setting up and saving the file
- Editing basic italic capitals
- Angled italic capitals
- Curve compensation
- Rounded capitals
- Capitals with tight curves
- Punctuation
- Point placement
- Basic lowercase serifs
- Basic lowercase letters
- Lowercase rounds
- Lowercase rounds: k, s, and g
- Lowercase angles: x, v, and w
- Lowercase angles: y and z
- Establishing fit
- Basic kerning
- Style linking to roman
- Generating and testing
- Next steps
