<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_33345756485" src="https://podcast.talentopoly.com/post/33345756485/audio_player_iframe/talentopolypodcast/tumblr_mbplu15Dag1qmloq8?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Ftalentopoly-podcast%2FTalentopoly%2BPodcast%2BEpisode%2B41%2B-%2BCreating%2BYour%2BFirst%2BTypeface.mp3" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="540" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><h2>Episode 41 - Creating Your First Typeface                                     </h2> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talentopoly-podcast/id456825528" target="_blank"><strong>Subscribe on iTunes</strong></a></p> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/TalentopolyPodcast" target="_blank"><strong>Subscribe to RSS</strong></a></p> <p><a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/talentopoly-podcast/Talentopoly+Podcast+Episode+41+-+Creating+Your+First+Typeface.mp3" target="_blank"><strong>Download MP3</strong></a></p> </blockquote> <p class="p1">Abelardo Gonzalez joins us to discuss how he created his first typeface, open-dyslexic. His font is already getting strong traction among apps like Instapaper and large institutions. He talks about which apps he used along the way, how much he spent and what issues he ran into.</p> <ul class="ul1"><li class="li1">Apps used</li> <ul class="ul2"><li class="li1">started with app demos and fontforge</li> <ul class="ul3"><li class="li1">fontforge requires more time than I had. </li> <li class="li1">fontcreator was cool, cheap, but a little buggy. Messed up font smoothing.</li> <li class="li1">FontLab is expensive, buggy, slow iteration, didn’t look like they offered any help.</li> </ul><li class="li1">switched to Glyphsapp</li> <ul class="ul3"><li class="li1">better workflow. Nicer.</li> </ul></ul><li class="li1">Learning materials</li> <ul class="ul2"><li class="li1">great source of info was Google’s submission requirements for web fonts</li> <li class="li1">exploring FontLab and reading the help file showed me things I should have been doing to maintain compatibility. </li> <li class="li1">Playing with other fonts as examples</li> <li class="li1">Just doing it and figuring it out later.</li> <li class="li1">Glyphsapp probably has the best tutorials out there</li> <li class="li2">Adobe’s website <a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype.html" target="_blank"><span class="s2"><a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype.html" target="_blank">http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype.html</a></span></a></li> </ul><li class="li1">I’m still not perfect. Fixing spacing issues and kerning.</li> <ul class="ul2"><li class="li3"><a href="https://talentopoly.com/posts/5383-kerning_in_practice_beware_odd_letter_spacing" target="_blank"><a href="https://talentopoly.com/posts/5383-kerning_in_practice_beware_odd_letter_spacing" target="_blank">https://talentopoly.com/posts/5383-kerning_in_practice_beware_odd_letter_spacing</a></a></li> <li class="li3"><a href="https://talentopoly.com/posts/2843-kern_type_the_kerning_game" target="_blank"><a href="https://talentopoly.com/posts/2843-kern_type_the_kerning_game" target="_blank">https://talentopoly.com/posts/2843-kern_type_the_kerning_game</a></a></li> </ul></ul><p class="p3"><strong>Talentopoly links - Noteworthy links posted on Talentopoly in the last two weeks</strong></p> <ol class="ol1"><li class="li6"><a href="https://talentopoly.com/posts/5841-understanding_postgres_performance" target="_blank"><strong>Understanding Postgres Performance</strong></a></li> <li class="li6"><a href="https://talentopoly.com/posts/5844-base_2_-_a_sqlite_3_gui" target="_blank"><strong>Base 2 - A SQLite 3 GUI</strong></a></li> <li class="li6"><a href="https://talentopoly.com/posts/5853-announcing_the_first_beta_release_of_persona" target="_blank"><strong>Announcing the First Beta Release of Persona</strong></a></li> <li class="li6"><a href="https://talentopoly.com/posts/5848-ego_driven_development" target="_blank"><strong>Ego Driven Development</strong></a></li> <li class="li6"><a href="https://talentopoly.com/posts/5862-github_collaborative_coding_training" target="_blank"><strong>GitHub Collaborative Coding Training</strong></a></li> </ol>