Icons
Turn symbols into a working picture font
The Brief
Design an icon set and turn it into a working font
Trim Size
Scalable
Learning Points
Designing at small scale
Using the Fontself Maker plug-in
Tools
Illustrator, Fontself Maker
Inspiration
When we talk fonts we usually mean letters and numbers, but fonts are not limited to the alphanumeric. You can extend your typographic palette with icons. Of course, you’ll need to use the Glyphs paneI to find those icons. The Glyphs panel is available in InDesign and (in a slightly dumbed down form) in Illustrator and Photoshop.
As well as having their uses in print, icons have become a necessary part of making a website usable and attractive. Although a gazillion icon ...
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