Make Your Own Fonts On The Cheap
For those who don’t know, I have a background in Graphic Design. A huge part of the Graphic Design community is obsessed with typography. I LOVE typography! What the heck is typography? Well…
ty·pog·ra·phy
/tīˈpägrəfē/
Noun
The art or process of setting and arranging types and printing from them.
The style and appearance of printed matter.
There you have it.
Some Blah, Blah, Blah About Creating Fonts and Selling Them
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Naturally, I have looked into creating my own fonts. That’s as far as I got because in order to do so, you have to purchase some pricey software in the neighborhood of $700. Sure, there are some free alternatives, but I like to keep things simple, and these alternatives aren’t. One I found is an open source program (I do love open source!) that required users to download a Linux environment to run. The other is an in-browser option that’s not too shabby, but a little tedious. Check the source box at the end of this post for both if you’d like to try them out.
Fonts can be lucrative. If you’re good, you can require a paid license to use your fonts. Fonts are sold through online services called foundries. Of course, you can always sell your fonts through your own e-commerce store if you’d like. I might know someone who could set that up for you. *looks around innocently*
Android Sucks
*/sarcasm — Man, I love me some Android apps. Is it obvious? Oh, PWW is starting to look like an Android blog? Hmmm. What do you mean is my ADD acting up? I’m supposed to be writing about creating your own fonts…oh yeah. Uh, I am. So check it.
I came across this awesome app. It makes creating your own fonts so simple it’s crazy.
Font.My Font Maker they call it. Yes! There’s a free version! The paid version is on sale as of the time of this writing, so I went ahead and sank $2.99 into this. A small price to pay for making my handwriting into a custom font for my exclusive use. Not to mention I can also create additional fonts with a few swipes. The app allows you to email the font to yourself (or someone else) where you can download and install it on your computer.
That’s not all. You can also type messages, quotes, etc. into various backgrounds and share them in all the ways available on your Android device. Yeah, I don’t love this app at all. How about some logistics:
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From here you can do everything. Pick a background, create you font, choose a picture, etc. This app does a lot.
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<OK, your font is available for use. You can use it in the app or you can email it and install it on a computer.
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You know I love an app when it gets a post all to itself. This is actually the first one!
I Ain’t Got Time to Read All That
*/Southern twang and slang — Logistics for the time and attention impaired:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK9-uJGHP3A
Source Box
A couple free tools to make fonts on your computer:
