Having completed Font Design 1, students will leverage the technical advantages of working with Glyphs to better understand and put into practice what is needed to develop font(s) for retail marketability. Students will have the option of approaching the class in two manners - and in some cases, may overlap the scope of both.
1. Traditional approach - develop further initiated font from Font Design 1. - Build out in to a 'family' of multi-weights and styles - Within each font, complete the necessary characters that are expected from a font that is suitable for retail/professional use. This includes: diacritics, numeral sets and symbols
Outcome - Documentation of process / Final presentation - Font developed to the extent that it can be proposed to a foundry - Font still needing more time - but far enough along for BETA
2. Conceptual approach - Create contextual / responsive font(s) - Utilize OTF feature scripting or other tech platforms - Narrow the task required of the font to (a) specific effect(s) - Build out necessary character sets to support desired effect - Employ feature scripting for seamless user experience
Outcome - Documentation of process / Final presentation - Font that is responsive to the content it is set in - Font could be considered for retail development
Requisites
Take GPRT-306, Font Design;