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1. Intro: Do you have a beautiful
and writing and you will like to use it to
write all your debts. Or maybe you have a not
so great and writing, but still want to do
something personnel. Would you like like me to keep incredible memories of
your children handwriting, doing different school years, or even your own moods. Well, have you ever thought about creating your
own custom font? Imagine having a unique
font that represent you, your style, your personality. Maybe not. But what
about learning how to do it in a simple
and superfan way? This class is for you. I will use these apical iPhone
and the iPad to create it. Once the font is created, you will be able to export it and use it while you like it. In this specific class
that will show you also autumn Install
it in the iPad and then use it in Procreate and then in Canva right away. And why we're doing so, I will start also a timer. Not this one, another
one that you can see, but it's to track the effective
time I'm using to do so. If we didn't meet yet. I'm Maddamom, a surface pattern designer and illustrator
with a background in usability and a creative productivity gig with a
terrible and writing. And if this made me
so treat each time, I can't wait to see what
you're going to make it. So what are we waiting for? See you in the next video?
2. iFontMaker: I purchase iPhone
maker a few years ago. I'm not updated on the cost, but I believe it's
less than $10. Today, I really
wanted to see how much time it takes me to
create a font with you. Here is why there
is a stop watch. I will just started as soon
as we will start writing. First, you can install
the App or just watch the class and then see if it makes sense
for you that here, you can go on their website. And get more
information, I suppose, and also how to download it
and install it in your hypod. In my case, I already have it, so I can just open it. As you can see, I have
font I already did, but I just wanted
to show you, yes. Maybe I will show you
briefly this one. Basically, we are
going to do our font, we'll export it and you will be ready straightaway
to use it first. In procreate. Here, for example, I ask Chachi Pit to give me
just a text about it, I pics it there, and I try with the phone
that you just saw. Then I just put it with my son handwriting because
today I asked my son just a few minutes to build something and
he had so much fun. Then we will use Canva because I think using text in Procreate sometimes
is not so intuitive. I think it's very nice
to have your phone directly also in amva
We will just say on the iPad today and let's start. Oh.
3. Making a Font: So we are ready to go, ready with our timer. Less, start to create our
font. Let's go to New. And here we can select
the base so that we like by pushing here
like if you want to, for example, a serif, sans serif or
something like this, you can change it here. I will go for Helvetica
since I'm in Switzerland. So, and then here I can decide our tika or
not is ostraca. I think in my case, this one
might work well to go back. You can either do this one or double-tap with a two-finger. Okay, so let's start. We have the guide. Then you can just
push the letter that you want to do and go
with your own M writing. Of course you can
do also variations. Say that you want
it the E like this. Fine. If you wanted to
follow the structure, if you're not satisfied, again, you can just do
this. Go through. You can either continue by pushing the letter
that you wanted to do, or you can also move
with this arrow here. I will just to try
to do it faster because I wanted to see also really think and make
it in five-minutes, as is written in the
upper west side. I mean, it is challenging
and of course, you can take some more
time on doing your son. And one thing, if I don't, you like a letter in the this
one is not active anymore. What you can do is go
in here and say clear, and then you can redo it. Oh my gosh was better before. Again, my handwriting
is terrible. I know. But I think things that is super cool to
have your own fonts. So if you ran the writing
is also beautiful. As I imagined. Most of you have. This one will be unbelievable,
useful and crazy. For example, the a, I
usually don't write the heel like this is
the lowercase letter, so I just go through with
what I wanted to do. And again, this class is just to make it in a few minutes. So you get the point. Basically you are
writing the alphabet. And by the way, in this case, you can zoom in,
zoom out a mover. I just want, I wanted
to go so professor, because I wanted to
show also how to deal with the
special characters. So you don't have to compile all the list of characters
that are available. I warmly suggests you to
go through, of course, the uppercase and lowercase. The numbers. Again, you can decide to write
number as you like. I do the for in that way. So this is terrible. So again to cancer,
you can just go here, clear it, and redo it. Again. You don't have to do
it in five-minutes as I'm trying to do, aiming to do. Then here you are. All the punctuation and so on. And I suggest you
to do as many as you'd like in one session
because it would be more, more coherent and
you will be happy to have a complete thinker. But since my time
is running over, I just wanted to show you that, for example, if I have to, Let's say Do this
character here. That is very important
that by the way, in when you're
writing in German. So what you can do is go
here and say based from a, you will start from the
base of the letter. And then you can just continue. The software is
recognizing these ones. So if I go here, we
based from the E. So it will make more
coherent and so on. Actually, it's true I'm almost
5 min, but I did a talk. If I wouldn't talk,
I think I would be able to do the base of my alphabet also with
special character. So I think this one
was successful. And what I wanted to show
you now is how we can export it and started to work right away with
what we already did.
4. Export and Install a Font: We did at the base of
our Latin alphabet. If you go through, again, there are many extension also
for different languages. For example, there is
Greek here and so on. So you really have a lot of options that you
want it to explore. But now let's see
how much time we need to export the file. So we did made the
database in five-minutes. Now let's reset the timer and see how much time
we need to export it. So I will start it. To export it, you will just
go here and we'll push, configure and build a your font. Here you can write the
title of this one. I tend to use it
with my initial. And then, or you can write exactly all unique name,
your artist's name. And then I usually go
with the ear, the Mansa. The day today is Thursday. Then I will go so
with the version that is 01 is like the one
that I created today. I would put my name and I will keep it at
the moment private. But again, as you can see, you will be able also to share it for public,
for example, for the public, put
here your domain, if you will, like,
when it's ready. You can do it in different ways. You can start now with private
and then make it public. Decided a license if you want
public domain attribution, noncommercial, and so on. But now let's go
with the first phase that is building the font. So let's build it online. App is working. Here. I have the linker with
the password to get it. But what I wanted to do now is to install it
directly on my iPad. Because as I told you, the next phase it will
be use it in Procreate. So to install it in the iPad, we will do Install iOS Fanta. I will allow to
download this one. And he says that my
profile is downloaded, so I will close it. I will open my
settings in the iPad. If you go here after
your Profile setting, you can go here in
profile them loader. And you will see that there is this one that is exactly what we just build the and then
you can install it. Then it's giving me a warning because the
profile is not sin, but okay, in order to save, so I will install it, I will install it here. And this done, this one, this our font that is already
installed in our iPad. In the next video, we're going to see
how to use it. In Procreate. We just went amino 36
5. Use your Font in Procreate: In the previous video, we Install a little
font on the iPad. Now, let's use it
in Procreate them. So let's start even if you don't need actually to
start at the time at a gas. So we opened Procreate
any document is fine. You can just go here and
say add the text and then you can brighter
here, whatever you like. What is important is that
when you push this one, you will be able to select a different fonts
that are installed. Oh sorry, I didn't select. So you will be able to install different font to use
different font Install. And as you can see, our font is already
installed there. This one is the one
that we did today. These one is the
one, for example, that I did yesterday. Or I can just go for example, the one that my Sunday
did this morning to. And what is interesting is that, for example, if I go
to a longer text, you can import a text. For example, this one
is something that I id the to show you how also you can do it
with longer texts. So you can just go here
and then edit text. And then you can just select it and you can change it
again with your font. That the one that we
just did is this one. This done isn't a super easy. Also, well, you
might, for example, see that you want more spacing between the latter or
something like this. So in this case, you
can just go back to, to your Font here. Make Done. And then in the preview, you might want, for example, to just increase again here, the letter spacing for example. And then repeat
the same concept. So you can just hear, configure and build a font. This case, we'll just
rebuild the same Fanta. Then you will be able to use it again with the
improved version. But anyway, now we did it. I will show you in
the next video. We're going to use it in Canva. Because this one, I think
it's useful because even though I really
love a Procreate, as you can see,
managing attacks in Procreate sometimes it's
not very, not very usable. And so I think a Canva is a
good alternative to create things with a lot of texts for artists in the iPad.
So see you in the next
6. Use your Font in Canva: In the previous video, we already use our creative
font in Procreate, but managing font in
Procreate is not so easy. So I wanted to show you
how I do it in Canva. So let's reset the
timer and start. This one is your iPhone to
documents. You come here. You come here and say
configure and build a Font. This case the app
we recognize that you already uploaded today. I mean, you can even
update it again, check the lettering,
the spacing, and so on. After you update it or
you go to the address, you can download it, the font. In this case, we will not
to download it for the US, for the iPad, but we will
download the desktop font. In this way, you will
be able to import it in any computer, in different program, but
especially in this case, we will do it for Canva. So I would save it to my file. So then, okay, let's
stop this one. Maybe let's restart because this one is the
real counterpart. So start to cover. We open canvas or less they did. This one is this slide
is I'm preparing. But I, actually, this
one was disliked. I was preparing, but I want my own fonts here, for
example, are you ready? Did it? What I will do is, I will select the font. Here. I wanted to add to the
one that we did today. To do so. When I
select this part, I will see that here
there is upload a font. I would push it here. And in my file I will
select the one of today. I would open it. I always confirm that they
wanted to upload it any way. And basically it's done in
40 s is really just done. So you have just to
find it here now. That is this one in the
uploaded Font section. And this one is my
new font of today. Yesterday did with more time. So I suppose I may
keep this one, I think is cooler
for my presentation. But as you can see, it's
super easy to upload a Fanta on Canva and using it. So we did everything
just on our iPad. So I hope this lesson was useful and see you
in the next video.
7. Bonus: Bold and Light versions of your Font: Another tip I wanted
to tell you is that once your font is created, Let's say I created
these cheeky Fanta. What you can do is
that directly make a version that is
bolder and lighter. To do so, what you have to
do is go into regional. You did and keep it
until you get duplicate. You will duplicate
that and bigger for you can not change
it right here, the name. So remember to go into copy. Once you are in the
copy, you can go here. The, for example, increase, let's say until 140, or you can choose
whatever you like. Let's make 160. Now I want it to be
super exaggerated, but to show you the difference, then I would apply
to all the glyphs. You will ask me a confirmation. Yes, we already
did the duplicate. This one is a new
version that you can see is definitely bolder
than the original. So now here I have my boulder
copies, super Bold copy. Now to rename it, but also to import it in
the procedure is the same. So you will just here and
configure and build your font. Here you can give the name. So I would suggest
that like to keep the original name
and add the boulder. And then once it's done, you can just build
it online is here. So now it's also ready
as usual to download for your iPad or to download
the four-year desktop. I will go for download it for the desktop and I will save
it directly in my file. And actually put
it like Bold too, because I already
have another one. They wanted to remember
that this one is even bolder than the
version that I did. I'm done. And then when you will go here, you ready basically
rename also define. Now, let's do it again. But to make a lighter version
will take the original. We will enter. And we'll go here. And let's say go down
maybe until 60 per cent. Let's see how it goes. Or even 50 Lego super
light I want to see. Then I will apply
to all of them. This one is the new version. In the case of a super light, you might want to check how it will the preview
for the world does. So let's say we will write something and check that you like the letter spacing
and the worst pacing. So maybe I will just make
the letter spacing a little bit tighter like this. And the word spacing, I can just check but no, I think they were spacing
is fine like this. Done. I'm happy. Remember, you can also check with some example
available here. For example, like this. With the punctuation. Yes, I think I like it. So I'm ready. I will configure
and build a font. And I call it light to that for me means that
is lighter than the light. And then build online. And I will download it directly. Here. Again, I'm going to
import it in Canva. I'm not going to import
it in Procreate until I'm not super sure that I like
it because as I told you, I don't like to write
so much in Procreate. Just to do an author. I will duplicate this
page to just show you the difference with this
new version I just did. Here. I will go here,
applauded the font. Let me try with Bold two. Okay? And I can go here
in uploaded fonts. And now you can see that
I have even bolder font. I like it actually. Ok. Now I'm here. Go here and say Upload a Font. I get my light to open. Yes, upload any way. Now in applauded Fanta, I should find this one that is the one I just did that is
even more lighter than this. So you see, now we created
from the same this variation. And I think there might be
very useful and they will still keep your design. Political assistant. See you in the next video.
8. Project: We have reached the
end of this class. I hope it has been
helpful and above all, I hope it has encourage
you to create your first font and many, many, many more
fonts in the future. But be careful, it's addictive. If you want to stay updated on my creative productivity
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here on Skillshare. Please don't forget
to share your work. You will make me so happy. As a project. I would like you to post
at least one screenshot or a photo of your work in progress
in the project section. Whatever. It's what you're
doing in IFontMaker, or how you use your font
in Procreate or Canva, or even sketches on
paper and pencil. If you don't have the
mentioned apps yet. And you want just to
try first though, all this option would be great. And then warmly
encourage you to check the author students projects and support them with
comments or ART. One reminder, if you want, just to try to Install a Font in your iPad without
making one first, just as experiment to use it. I live in one of
mine available for free for you in the
resources section. And just as a last, last, last reminder for now, creating a custom font that
can not only be useful, but can and should also
be found and memorable. So just enjoy the process. Even if you like me, don't have beautiful
and writing. In this case, this is
just the room to improve. And if you do have a
beautiful handwriting, what are you waiting for? It should be ashamed not to
utilize that, this talent, this class that was
inspired actually by the magnificent work of artists friend who I hope that
we released soon. Because yes, I almost
forgot to mention it. Creating fonts and
making them available as a digital download is another possibility that you can and you should
explore from now. So what are you waiting for? I can wait to see your
creation and your idea by
Madda Mom, Procreate & Productivity
