Drawing better Bézier curves (Or: how to draw the “S” in a font)
Автор: ArrowType
Загружено: 2022-07-18
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The /S can be a tricky letter to draw in a font, using Bézier curves. At least, it can be hard to get right! Here are a few techniques I use to make the process of drawing a high-quality /S relatively fast, fun, and effective.
I’m using GlyphsApp in this demo, but the same principles would apply in RoboFont, FontLab, Font Forge, or any other font editor.
Contents:
0:00 Intro & Context
3:04 Adapting a thin /s from a bold /s
10:10 Part 2: Drawing an /S from scratch
10:38 Quick demo of adapting uppercase /S from lowercase /s
11:45 Drawing the /S from scratch, with a Pen tool
13:56 Using an “inflected curve” to quickly draw a smooth spine
15:00 Making an ugly /S more symmetrical
15:59 Rapidly adjusting an inflected curve
16:53 Cleaning up the inflected curve – and when not to
17:48 Warning: kinks are possible in spine interpolations
19:09 My preferred spine construction
21:05 Oops! Finding an interpolation issue
22:14 Fixing interpolation compatibility
24:28 Final thoughts
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