Packed with step-by-step tutorials and interviews withprofessional font designers, "Digital Fonts" is a comprehensive andpractical guide that explores every aspect of the font creationprocess, covering everything from sketching initial letterforms tomastering the font creation software packages Fontlab andFontographer. Significantly, this book is also the first of itskind to address the important issue of how designers can bestmarket and sell their fonts, and includes advice on copywriting andworking with foundries, as well as how designers can set up theirown foundries. Throughout the book, screen grabs and illustrateddiagrams accompany clear and accessible text, clarifying each partof every process and arming readers with all the essentialinformation they need. Interviews with professional font designersand foundry owners provide an insight into their working processes,while accompanying portfolios demonstrate a wide range ofinspirational font styles.