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Nice one Tim, you do fine work my friend, I wish I had your patience 










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Thanks so much for the kind words, guys!
I'm still using Photoshop/Illustrator for the initial design and then a free program called FontForge for the building, but the process feels outdated by about 10 years. I'm with you in hearing Glyphs as the hot one mentioned a lot now. I hope you're enjoying the process -- I'm still learning new things (usually the hard way
) every time, but feel free to send a message if there's anything I might be able to help with.
I usually work on them in spare time, so the process ends up being stretched out over several months. Plus, with all of the additional characters, multiple styles, fine-tuning kerning, and coming up with sales images, that stretches things out. There's one guy I've seen who releases several fonts a month, so it's definitely possible to go quicker.sauron wrote:QUOTE (sauron @ Feb 5 2022, 04:59 PM) Awesome work Tim! Out of interest, how long does it usually take you to create a font?
Also, what software do you use? I recently had a go at creating a font and used Fontlab but I’ve heard Glyphs is the best one to go with.
I'm still using Photoshop/Illustrator for the initial design and then a free program called FontForge for the building, but the process feels outdated by about 10 years. I'm with you in hearing Glyphs as the hot one mentioned a lot now. I hope you're enjoying the process -- I'm still learning new things (usually the hard way
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The additional characters are what take up the most time I found. I didn’t do mine to sell, it was for a logo I had to recreate which had custom characters so I recreated some and decided to have a go at making a font but that was a few months ago and I haven’t touched it since lolBunny Dojo wrote:QUOTE (Bunny Dojo @ Feb 6 2022, 06:15 PM) I usually work on them in spare time, so the process ends up being stretched out over several months. Plus, with all of the additional characters, multiple styles, fine-tuning kerning, and coming up with sales images, that stretches things out. There's one guy I've seen who releases several fonts a month, so it's definitely possible to go quicker.![]()
I'm still using Photoshop/Illustrator for the initial design and then a free program called FontForge for the building, but the process feels outdated by about 10 years. I'm with you in hearing Glyphs as the hot one mentioned a lot now. I hope you're enjoying the process -- I'm still learning new things (usually the hard way) every time, but feel free to send a message if there's anything I might be able to help with.
It’s very complicated process, especially the kerning, I haven’t got a clue where to start with that
I may send you a message if I get back to it
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Another year, another font!
This one started out as a new option for a back cover synopsis font, and expanded to include a serif variation and an inline version combining the two.
Thank you for having a look!
bunnydojo.com/olpal
As usual, my favorite part is trying a bunch of different directions for the sales images:
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This one started out as a new option for a back cover synopsis font, and expanded to include a serif variation and an inline version combining the two.
Thank you for having a look!
bunnydojo.com/olpal
As usual, my favorite part is trying a bunch of different directions for the sales images:
[attachment=48322:Olpal_Title.jpg]
[attachment=48323:Olpal_1.jpg]
[attachment=48324:Olpal_2.jpg]
[attachment=48325:Olpal_3.jpg]
[attachment=48326:Olpal_4.jpg]
[attachment=48327:Olpal_5.jpg]
[attachment=48328:Olpal_6.jpg]
[attachment=48329:Olpal_7.jpg]
[attachment=48330:Olpal_Ty...Specimen.jpg]
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