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Start with the Basics of font making

Draw, space, and export your first characters—with zero prior experience needed.

6 High Quality videos

Helpful Guidebook included

Start with a solid foundation

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New to font making?

This mini-course is your perfect first step. In this short and accessible video course, you’ll get a hands-on introduction to Glyphs, your new favorite Mac-based font making software.

75 Minutes

English spoken

Helpful Guidebook

What’s included in this course?

Learn to get comfortable
in the software

Take a guided tour of the Glyphs interface so that you can confidently navigate the workspace, create new font files, and understand what all the panels, tabs, and tools are for—giving you a solid foundation to start creating your own fonts or taking the Script Fonts Course or True Italics Course.

Draw letters with the Pen Tool

Get hands-on with Bézier curves and the Pen Tool so that you can start drawing your first couple of clean, professional-looking letters. You’ll learn essential techniques for smooth curves, path directions, and basic editing—so your letterforms are both precise and visually appealing.

Add your first accents

Learn how to add accents so that your font supports more languages and feels complete. You’ll discover how Glyphs simplifies accented characters with the help of components and anchors for a more inclusive and polished typeface.

Work with repeating shapes

Components are the beating heart of repeating shapes like serifs, so to save time, ensure consistency, and streamline your workflow, you’ll learn to rethink the way you construct your letterforms that share similar parts.

Learn simple spacing

Understanding ‘sidebearings’ and spacing principles allows you to let your letters sit beautifully next to each other. You’ll learn to adjust spacing by eye and test your characters in words—so your font reads smoothly and rhythmically.

And of course type with your first font

Learn how to generate and install your font on your computer so that you can use it right away in real-world design tools like Illustrator or InDesign—and see your work come to life.

This course is for you if:

You’ve never opened Glyphs but want to try it out
You want to take the Script Fonts Course or the True Italics Course but have never worked with Glyphs
You want to get started without feeling overwhelmed
You just want to make a few letters and see what font-making is all about

What you’ll need:

A Mac with Glyphs installed (you can use the free 30 days trial!)
Absolutely no prior experience needed
A bit of curiosity and 75 minutes of focused time

By the end of this course, you’ll have:

Drawn your first basic Serif and Sans Serif letters

Learned how to space them so they look good together

Added your first accented characters for multiple languages

Exported a real, working font you can type with

The confidence to keep learning, experimenting, and creating fonts

The Basic skills to take the True Italics Course, or the Script Fonts Course.

Want to make fonts with multiple weights?

The mini-course offers a good introduction to using Glyphs and creating simple fonts, it serves as a the perfect base for taking the Script Fonts Course, or the True Italics Course but it does NOT cover topics like:

Drawing of all upper- and lowercase letterforms, punctuation
Western European diacritics
Advanced components like Rounded corners, Ink traps, Segment components
Multiple weights like Light and Extra Bold and variable fonts,
Helpful plugins and scripts
OpenType features like ligatures and discretionary ligatures
Kerning, spacing groups, kerning pairs, and tips and techniques to achieve professional-level fonts.

If you're aiming to develop a more complex and versatile typeface, or wish to deepen your understanding of font design, the Font Making Course provides the comprehensive instruction needed to advance your skills. + You can ask me anything along the way in the course modules.

Available September 2025

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Hi, my name is Viktor

I’ve taught more than a thousand creatives how to build fonts from scratch—and I know how overwhelming it can feel at the beginning. That’s why this course is short, clear, and focused on just what you need to get started. No fluff. No steep learning curve. Just small wins and simple tools to get you moving.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Once you’re enrolled, you have the flexibility to start at your own pace, whether that’s next week, a few months down the road or even next year.
I want the courses to fit into YOUR schedule, not the other way around.
No, you don’t need to purchase both. The Glyphs Basics mini-course is a stripped-down version of the full Font Making Course. If you plan to take the full course, it already includes everything covered in Glyphs Basics.
You’ll get full access to all videos, plus the guidebook. No need to wait for new content to appear, you can dive right in!
No, this mini course is fully self-paced and designed to be easy to follow without additional support. All the resources you need are included in the course content. If you're looking for guided help or feedback, we recommend checking out our full courses that include instructor support.
Yes! Like all of our courses, this one is 100% online. You can learn at your own pace, on your own schedule, from anywhere in the world. Stuck on a technique? No problem—just scroll back, rewatch a lesson, and pick it up again whenever you’re ready.
Yes. This mini-course is specifically made beginner-friendly to help you draw, space, and export your first characters—with zero prior experience needed.
To follow this course, you’ll need to install either Glyphs 3 or Glyphs Mini. I recommend using Glyphs 3—it handles components more smoothly, and gives you access to more advanced features down the line.
Curious about the differences between the two? Check out this blog post. You can also try Glyphs 3 for free with their 30-day trial, available on the official website.
If Glyphs 3 isn’t within your budget, Glyphs Mini is still a great option. You’ll just need to adapt some of the techniques, and the interface may look a little different from what you see in the course videos.
Let’s be honest—“lifetime access” is a bit of a stretch. You’ll have guaranteed access to the course materials for at least 5 years, or as long as the content remains relevant to the current version of the Glyphs software. For full details, please check our Refund and Cancellation policy.
While this Glyphs Basics Mini-Course offers a solid introduction to using Glyphs and creating simple fonts, it does not cover several advanced topics that are included in the full Font Making Course. These advanced topics include:
Drawing of all upper- and lowercase letterforms, punctuation, Western European diacritics, advanced components like rounded corners, ink traps, segment components, and cap components, multiple weights like Light and Extra Bold and variable fonts, helpful plugins and scripts, OpenType features like ligatures and discretionary ligatures, kerning, spacing groups, kerning pairs, and tips snd techniques to achieve professional-level fonts.
If you're aiming to develop a more complex and versatile typeface, or wish to deepen your understanding of font design, the Font Making Course provides the comprehensive instruction needed to advance your skills.
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