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Intro into Type Design

Curious designers
Curated fundamentals
Foundations brings together the essential principles of Font Architecture into a focused starting point. Learn how letters are constructed, how characters relate to one another, and how proportion, curves, spacing and consistency shape a typeface.
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Font Architecture

Intermediate designers
Complete course
Font Architecture is our complete type design course, taking you through the full process of building a working font. From drawing your first control characters to developing a complete character set, spacing, kerning, proofing, refining and preparing your final files.
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Mentorship

Designers building a professional practice
A 12-week private mentorship for designers who want to take their type practice further. Alongside complete access to Font Architecture, you'll receive bi-weekly one-to-one critiques, detailed feedback on your work, technical guidance and insight into the professional process of developing and releasing typefaces.
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Our courses translates real studio practices into a clear, repeatable process; from the first control characters to spacing, refinement, proofing, and the final font.

Each course is process-driven. Each lesson builds on the previous one, and progress comes from repetition, not speed. View Course

What Font Design Software Should You Choose?

Compare Glyphs, RoboFont, FontLab, and free options like FontForge. Explain who each is for, Mac/Windows compatibility, price, learning curve, and which one Font Architecture recommends.
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Tools of the Type Designer

Mac vs PC, mouse vs trackpad, whether an iPad or drawing tablet helps, scanners, printers, and what’s genuinely unnecessary. The angle: you probably already have everything you need.
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How to Choose the Right Characters to Draw First

A practical guide to why you shouldn’t design A–Z in order; which control characters establish the DNA of a typeface; and how letters like H, O, n, o help you establish proportions, weight, curves, spacing, and rhythm before expanding the character set.
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