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Creating a Pixel Font in Glyphs Mini
A pixel font is a fun and easy way to get started in Glyphs Mini. Start a New Font First, open Glyphs Mini and select File > New (Cmd-N), to create a new font document. Next, go to File > Font...
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Importing from Illustrator into Glyphs Mini
So you have prepared vector drawings in Adobe Illustrator, and want to turn them into a font. It is as easy as copy and paste, but there are a handful of details you will want to pay attention to....
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Scripting Glyphs, Part 4
This tutorial is part 4 of a series of tutorials and therefore assumes that you have read part 1, part 2 and part 3. This is what we have so far: #MenuTitle: Glyph Shaker # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-...
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Naming
Font names are important because they determine font menu grouping and ordering, which is crucial for the way your fonts will appear to your users. What makes it difficult is the fact that the font...
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Creating a Devanagari Font
While each designer might have their own workflow, this tutorial illustrates our recommended step-by-step process to build a Devanagari font by utilizing all of Glyphs’ cool features! Setting up a...
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Creating a Variable Font
Welcome to Variable Fonts in Glyphs! This tutorial covers a workflow for app version 2.5. Keep in mind that, while Glyphs can export working Variable Fonts, the implementation is currently in beta....
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Creating an All-Caps Font
The whole point of an all-cap font is that it should not matter whether the user types the key for the lowercase or the uppercase letter. It should always produce the glyph for the capital letter. A...
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Creating an All-Caps Font in Glyphs Mini
The whole point of an all-cap font is that it should not matter whether the user types the key for the lowercase or the uppercase letter. It should always produce the glyph for the capital letter. A...
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Creating a Hangeul Font
Creating a new Korean font, with such a large character set, can seem like a daunting task—where to begin?! This tutorial will give you all the tools you need to get started with Korean and show you...
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Localize Your Plug-in
So you have written that great plug-in, and it works as expected, and your users are happy. But then the first complaints are in: ‘Que? No español?’ or ‘Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire? Pas de Français?’...
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Webfonts
Whenever you want to use custom fonts on the web, you need webfonts. And whenever you make webfonts, file size is your main concern. The smaller the better. A well-subsetted single-script webfont...
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Font Info Settings in Glyphs Mini
The Font Info stores important general information about your font. Open the Font Info tab with File > Font Info (Cmd-I). Then, you can tab through the settings: Font Names The most important...
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Importing from Illustrator into Glyphs Mini
So you have prepared vector drawings in Adobe Illustrator, and want to turn them into a font. It is as easy as copy and paste, but there are a handful of details you will want to pay attention...
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Crashes
Are you experiencing application crashes? Here is what you can do to help us fix the problem as soon as possible.Sending Crash Reports After a crash, two crash report dialogs will pop up. The first one...
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Scripting Glyphs, Part 4
Functions are an efficient way to expand a script, yet keep your oversight and sanity. In this installment, we will use them for some font evil, har har.This tutorial is part 4 of a series of tutorials...
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Naming
Font names are important because they determine font menu grouping and ordering, which is crucial for the way your fonts will appear to your users. Naming your font family can be a little tricky, so...
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Creating a Devanagari Font
Devanagari, used for languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and many more, is the widest used script in India. While each designer might have their own workflow, this tutorial illustrates our...
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Creating a Variable Font
Variable Fonts open a whole new world of possibilities. Creating them is a breeze in Glyphs.What are Variable Fonts? If you have not read John Hudson’s excellent introductory article, stop right now...
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Creating an All-Caps Font
In an all-cap font, the same capital letter should appear whether the user types the key for the lowercase or the uppercase. Read the following easy step-by-step tutorial to make this happen.A computer...
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Creating an All-Caps Font in Glyphs Mini
In an all-cap font, the same capital letter should appear whether the user types the key for the lowercase or the uppercase. Read the following easy step-by-step tutorial to make this happen with...
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