Begin by learning more about Juanjez’s work, motivations, and general love of typography, as well as some of his favorite books and websites. Before starting to design, Juanjez gives you some sage advice on what it means to embark on a long-term job such as type design and talks about key aspects such as self-commissions, motivation, and patience to reach the final goal. Next, learn the materials, the file formats with which you work and the main functions of the Glyphs program, the type design and font production software for Mac. Once you learn the process, start drawing. Explore some general concepts about drawing letters and handling Bézier curves, the differences between Illustrator and font creation programs, drawing letters directly with Glyphs, tricks to save time and create a complete set of characters. Then, in order to have a harmonious system of shapes and spaces that you can call typography, learn spacing and kerning.
