Type Design Academy

Typography Tutorials & Creator Guides

Master font creation, optical kerning balancing, and vector Bézier weight interpolation in Adobe Illustrator.

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Typography Science • 8 min read

Mastering Lucas de Groot Optical Progression for 9-Weight Font Families

Why linear mathematical interpolation ruins font weight balance, and how DIYglyphs native C++ engine uses geometric optical progression formulas.

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Tutorials • 6 min read

How to Create a Custom Font in Adobe Illustrator in Under 10 Minutes

Learn how to transform vector paths and artboards into fully functional OpenType (.otf) and TrueType (.ttf) fonts directly inside Adobe Illustrator with DIYFonts.

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