Typography Design: Digitize Your Handwriting
A course by Cristóbal Henestrosa , Graphic Designer
Joined July 2019
Discover how to turn your handwriting into a unique digital typeface that adds character and personal style to your writing pieces
Discover how to turn your handwriting into a unique digital typeface that adds character and personal style to your writing pieces
Joined July 2019
Alphabets can be as beautiful as works of art.
So believes graphic designer Cristóbal Henestrosa, who specializes in typography and book design. In this online course, he teaches you how to digitize your own handwriting to get a unique typeface.
Learn how to turn your personal handwriting into digital typography to fill your texts, letters, invitations, signatures, or any piece you write, with personality. Work through some exercises to practice writing the alphabet, vectorize your letters, and discover how to retouch spacing, kerning, and ligatures to get a totally original typeface.
What will you learn in this online course?
18 lessons & 25 downloads
- 92% positive reviews (13)
- 746 students
- 18 lessons (3h 38m)
- 25 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Turn your handwriting into a digital typeface.
Who is this online course for?
Anyone interested in using their own handwriting on the computer, whether for professional or personal tasks.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge is necessary to take this course.
As for materials, you need a pencil or pen, some white paper, and a computer with Adobe Illustrator and Fontself installed.
Reviews
A course by Cristóbal Henestrosa
Cristóbal Henestrosa specializes in typography and book design. He has developed font families for clients such as the Fondo de Cultura Económica, Librerías Gandhi, and the Federal Government of Mexico, some of which have won awards from the Type Directors Club and have been selected for the Latin American typography biennial Tipos Latinos.
He is the author of Espinosa. Rescate de una tipografía novohispana (Mexico, Designio, 2005) and co-author of Cómo crear tipografías. Del boceto a la pantalla (Madrid, Tipo E, 2012), which has been translated into English, Polish, Portuguese, and Chinese. Since 2011 he has been teaching typography and type design at the Faculty of Arts and Design of the UNAM, as well as related subjects in diploma courses, specialties, and master's degrees in various institutions.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Preparation
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Basic definitions
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Analysis of your letter
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Preparing your sheets and your writing instrument
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U3
The writing process
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Discovering our letter
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Picking the best
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From pixel to vector
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U4
Use and refine the font
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From Illustrator to Fontself 1
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From Illustrator to Fontself 2
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Spacing: prose 1
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Spacing: prose 2
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How to install the font and test it 1
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How to install the font and test it 2
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Improving spacing
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Last details 1
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Last details 2
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Random font
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FP
Final project
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Typography Design: Digitize Your Handwriting
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glenn
I was under the impression that I would be able to read the captions and follow along... that was difficult whilst trying to understand. Clearly Cristóbal Henestrosa is an expert on fonts, typography and the like. But I feel as though I wasted my time as it was only a deferance to using Illustrator and Fontself to make the font set. His background was extensive and some key points were made about creating a font, but it did not work for me.
patricia.patrihoy
PlusExcelente curso!!!
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sandylucien
Excelente, el curso que cuando lo encontré dije: Porfin, algo sencillo para entender y empezar.
Cristobal dejó en cada video todo detallado para sacudirse las dudas de lanzarse o no a hacer la primera fuente. Muchas gracias <3
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mickemalia90
Cursoo altamente recomendable, sumamente practico!
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vermtz
PlusExcelente curso!!! más cursos con Cristobal por favor.
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