Hello all,
New glyph user here. I’m a clothing designer that designed a made up language that I use in a lot of my designs. It is based entirely on the english alphabet. Up until now I was individually photoshopping each and every letter of the words I wanted to use. Then I found out about Glyphs! I have been going through my alphabet and converting each letter from Adobe illustrator into the app. The only problem I have been thinking about is my vowels. The way my alphabet works, the vowels bend either up and over or down an under the corresponding adjacent letters. I am wholly confident in figuring out how the basic stand alone letters will work and the kerning they will need, but would love some advice in how I should approach the vowel combinations.
For example my “O” bends down and to the left of a letter. My letters vary in size so I will need a different setting for “HO” and “MO” for example. (Like I said the alphabet is based on the english language but has some parallels. That being the “H” is 2/3 the size of “M”)
I read a little bit of variable fonts on the website but don’t want to open a can of worms and put a bunch of work in the wrong direction. Ultimately I know this will be a painstaking process of me looking up a list of all used current english vowel combinations and shopping each and everyone into my glyph list.
Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Quinn