In this two-day workshop (held on April 19-20), you will have the opportunity to learn the distinctions between different color font formats and turn one of their own existing fonts into a variable color font using the latest COLRv1 color technology.
We will start with an overview about color fonts and explore some inspiration and options for the workshop task. There will be some sketching, vector drawing, and basic use of coding. You will learn how to troubleshoot and avoid exporting issues.
Once you have an export, you’ll be equipped with various tools to work with your color font file. To round things off we will go back into Glyphs to discuss requirements of variable colors and make a variable color font.
This workshop is suitable for designers with some type design experience. Bringing your own font is recommended, but if this is difficult, we can provide you a dummy file to work with.
Learning Outcomes
- Basic theory of various color font formats
- Creating with the newest developed color font format
- Basic coding required for the process
- Compatibility requirements for variable color fonts
- List of tools to preview, test, proof, and edit your color font
Required Materials
- Any sketching tool
- Glyphs 3 (trial is okay)
- Mac computer/laptop to run Glyphs 3
- Python3.10+ installed
- Chrome browser installed