{"id":12665,"date":"2022-11-14T19:16:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T16:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typetype.org\/fr\/?p=12665"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:18:29","slug":"creating-a-font-from-scratch-a-detailed-guide-and-tips-for-choosing-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typetype.org\/fr\/blog\/creating-a-font-from-scratch-a-detailed-guide-and-tips-for-choosing-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a font from scratch: A detailed guide and tips for choosing software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Creating your first font is most difficult because the designer does not yet know all the details of development, does not have enough visual intuition and experience. When developing a font for the first time, you have to learn a lot in the process, transferring theoretical knowledge about type design to practice, which is always difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, it is with the first font that the path of a type specialist begins. To become an experienced designer, you need to make your first font, then the second, then the third, while learning what shortcomings of the first stages need to be corrected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, when the specialist gains experience, the first works will seem incorrect, naive, and yet cause warm nostalgia, because it was with them that the professional path began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we will tell you how to start developing your first font, what software you will need for work, and what you need to pay more attention to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theoretical background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before you start the actual work, stock up on knowledge. This path is similar to the university approach: first a lecture, only then practical application in seminars. However, this is not a strict rule, because it is easier for some to gain knowledge in the process, taking up work right away and studying specific issues that arise in creation. Choose the path that suits you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the resources that will help you create a font, you can also choose the ones that suit you. We recommend focusing on different sources: books, Internet portals, and specialist broadcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the books worth keeping on your work desk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n