MASTERCLASS - HOW TO MAKE & SELL FONTS on ETSY - SVG & TTF Creation & Sales
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- If you are a digital designer, one of the most lucrative and fun digital downloads are fonts. In this step-by-step tutorial for absolute beginners, I walk through how to create the actual font components and then create the main font file (that can be used to install in Windows).
Timestamps:
00:00 Are Fonts Worth It?
02:02 Glyphs Part I
02:54 Hand-Drawn Fonts
06:00 Using Shapes
10:46 Modifying Fonts
13:54 Glyphs Part II
15:21 Making the Font File
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#etsy
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You explained the process so well. Thank you very much! 😊
Awesome video, my brain has been designing fonts (very frustrating).
I’m so going to unleash the beast!
Thanks 🙏🏻
Very easy to understand and perfect for who's just starting with designing font as you show free softwares!👏
Thank you so much Zen, you are awesome, this is a brand new information for me that i have not seen anybody share, much much appreciated 👍🙏
Ctrl+D works better for making shape repeats than ctrl+C/ctrl+D. You can also drag the shapes around while holding ctrl+d and hit the space bar to place them.
that's a great idea! Thank you for this tutorial
Thank you kind sir. You earned a sub. Your walk throughs are so thorough and easy to understand!
The Best video ever I have been looking for so much time .no one realy gives details like these . Thank you so much
Glad it was helpful!
How great this video is, Thank you so much , very informative.
Thank you, this is great!
Awesome video! Thank you!
Awesome video! Thanks!
Wonderful, thank you so very much!
Enlightening! Thanks. I don't know that I have the patience to try this but it is so cool to understand. I had to laugh when you referenced hoarding. I'm appalled and the number of fonts I have collected in a short time
Thank you so much for this! For many years, I have tried to figure out how to make a font! You made it so simple!
Great video, very easy to understand, thanks.
How did I miss this video!? I've been tinkering with creating various weird fonts but didn't know how to market them...THANK YOU!
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_great sharing, keep on great work, dude_
Another brilliant video
Thanks a lot for valuable information 👍
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Very cool
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Thank you!
Thank you sooooo much for this video. I have been wanting to create my own font but didn't know how THANK YOU THANK YOU
Fantastic video! Thank you for teaching this.
thank you
Awesome video! Thank you!
Where can I find public domain fonts?
Thanks for the feedback! This site has public domain fonts: www.publicdomainfiles.com/browse.php?q=all&s=0&o=popular&a=all&m=1
you read my mind i have been thinking of doing my own font thank you great video
Thanks
so how to you make the lower case letters so you can package both upper case and lower case in one file?
Thank you for enlighting. i have 2 problems plz assist. 1st is some letters hapens to appear all black. 2nd problem is the space between the letters are so big. thank you
what about kerning and leading?
Awesome. How do you make multiple color svg files? I've been looking for this everywhere
Those are quite tricky. You can trace them in Inkscape (there's a "color" option in the trace bitmap feature) but there are some pitfalls. I think you have inspired me to do a video about that pesky color svg option.
Very nice video! What are the dimensions of the grid you used to make the separated SVG files?
I just used Inkscape and made them an SVG file. The size doesn't seem to matter to Glyphter (I did not save all the letters the same size but Glyphter made them all fit inside the glyph box).
@@craftystax I also had same doubt about equal dimension of font. so it takes SVG uniform automatically.thank you.
This is a basic introduction to creating fonts, but there many other factors to consider and options to include, for example tracking, alternates, etc. I wouldn’t really call it a masterclass, but a brief insight into the process of creating a font. If you have no clue about the topic.
That's a good point - I was thinking more in terms of overall concepts and the mechanics of actually making a font. I do agree that there are a lot of nuances (I didn't want to make a 2 hour video that no one would watch).
@@craftystax I think it is a good introduction and that it gives someone a chance to “dip their toes in the water” that’s the ocean of front designing. I know people with not much more knowledge than you presented, who include fonts in their Etsy offerings. I’m sure that your video gives many people just what they are looking for and they don’t want to do anything complex.
What exactly were you trying to accomplish with this comment? Where’s your video about this subject?
Thanks so much! I do have a question.. is it ok to put all the letters in one file, especially for svg or tiff files? Or is it better to have each letter in their own file?
You can certainly sell a bundle of individual letters (like each letter or number is their own SVG or PNG file) - that is helpful sometimes if someone wants to make a monogram design. Otherwise, you would create a TTF file (a font file) and then clicking the "A" would create whatever you put in your A glyph. Hope that helps!
How do we make the fonts for the lowercase smaller than the upper case? I tried uploading and even if the SVG file is smaller sized than the that for the uppercase, the resulting font produced for the lowercase is as big as the upper case. Is there a way to fix this somehow? Thank you in advance for your answer
Yes that is a great question. In Glyphter, click on your individual letter and then click the edit button (it is a pencil icon in the the lower right). Then click the actual image on the left side, and then click the "negative" button (a minus sign). This will shrink whatever you selected a bit. So you can tappity tap that minus button and shrink down whatever the individual glyph is.
I am new learner.interesting.As a biggener ,can u plz make video how can load in Etsy ??
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When I upload the svg to Glyphter, the glyph is just a grey blob. What am I doing incorrectly? Does the svg glyph need to be a specific size?
I don't know (I can't see your SVG file) - how did you make the SVG file? Can you open your SVG file in Inkscape and make sure that it is legitmate?
@@craftystax Thank you for responding. Inkscape file.
Can the fonts be colored or just black and white
Generally you would want to create the fonts as black and then whatever program you are using (like MS Word, Power Point, etc. you could change the color of the font in that program).
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I have fonts but do not know how to get them on Etsy exactly. I did not see that part in the video for which you complete the actual process of uploading it. Would you mind providing me some insight because I am stuck.
Hey there - when you are listing a file on Etsy, you have a choice to select a physical product or a digital product. Select the digital product option. Then you will be asked to upload a zip file (and that zip file should contain your font and any other applicable files). Hope that helps!
@@craftystax Ah gotcha. Good explanation. The zip part was where I was stuck. Didn't know Etsy let you upload zip files so this helps. *hugs*
But u won't be able to sign your font a signature??? Correct? It be the website not the designer
Sir can we add color to the TTF font,?
Generally speaking, you don't need to - when you select a font (like in Word for example), you can change the color of the font to whatever color you would like. So you normally just make the font black and then whatever program you are using (Word, Power Point, Excel, etc.) you would just change the color then.
@@craftystax Thank you very much for your reply. Your content is money making content. Win to win.❤️🙏🏼
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Yes I am both people! Double your fun