About our process
We design typefaces and build tools that help us make them. Here’s a look at how we develop the drawings, spacing, accents and weights in our fonts.
Plugins built for
our type design process
We draw and build our fonts in Glyphs. Our plugins and scripts for the editor help us place accents, refine spacing, clean outlines and develop new styles.
Explore the tools ↓Position accents withDiacritics Tool
Diacritics Tool is our plugin for adjusting accent placement across related characters in Glyphs. Move accents together, or select individual accents below to refine their placement across AEIOU.
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Set spacing and kerning withOptikern
Optikern is our spacing and kerning plugin for Glyphs. It sets the space on either side of each letter, then adjusts the gaps between letter pairs. Choose a spacing value below to compare results from the plugin.
Preparing the specimen…
Prepare outlines withDecompose, Merge & Clean
Decompose, Merge & Clean is our outline preparation tool for Glyphs. It converts corner components into paths, merges overlapping shapes and cleans the result. Here it works on the reusable serif components in Eldritch.
Preparing the specimen…
Develop new styles withWeight Mover
Weight Mover is our Glyphs plugin for developing variations from a master drawing. Explore the weight, width and italic range of Gaskill Grotesk below, adjusting each axis independently or together.
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Why affordable?
We want you to be able to choose a font because it suits your project.
That’s why we keep our prices approachable.
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