Font Making Course by Type Design Class

The Font Making Course is a self-paced online video course by type designer Viktor Baltus, sold through his school, Type Design Class. Across 72 step-by-step videos it shows you how to make a typeface with multiple weights from start to finish in Glyphs 4, beginning with constructing letters from simple shapes and learning to draw clean curves with the pen tool. It includes feedback and support from Viktor, subtitles in six languages and a six-month Glyphs 4 trial licence. The price is $349, excluding VAT.

Many people try making a font once, get stuck on curves or spacing, and give up. This course is built for exactly that moment. Rather than starting with theory, it starts inside the software and builds confidence one tool at a time, so the technical side stops getting in the way of the design. Within Type Design Class it is the core course; the script, italics and sketching courses build around it.

What You Will Learn

The course walks through the practical steps of building a font family. Topics on the official page include:

• Finding your way around the Glyphs interface: adding characters, alignment zones, images and metrics
• Constructing letterforms from primitive shapes
• Using the pen tool to draw diagonals and smooth curves
• Cleaning up paths and keeping them correct
• Working with components, including corner, rounded, ink-trap and segment components
• Drawing the uppercase and lowercase of a sans serif
• Turning a single style into a typeface with multiple weights

The page lists further modules beyond these, so check it for the full syllabus.

Who Is the Font Making Course For?

The course is aimed at people who feel intimidated by font software, designers who struggle with curves in Illustrator, and anyone who has already made a font and wants to do it better. Graphic designers who want a typeface of their own for a brand or a personal project will find it a practical route in.

It is less suited to experienced type designers looking for advanced theory, or to anyone who wants to work in software other than Glyphs, since every lesson is built around it.

Course Structure

The course is organised into numbered modules. The opening modules listed on the official page are:

• 0. Introduction: welcome and a hot keys guidebook
• 1. Interface and tools: adding characters, alignment zones, images and metrics
• 2. Drawing in Glyphs: the toolbar, the pen tool, diagonals and curves, cleaning up, plus guidebooks on correct paths and plugins
• 3. Components: corner, rounded, ink-trap and segment components

Later modules continue towards a finished multi-weight family. The school has also added seven "What's New" videos on Glyphs 4 to its existing courses. A total running time is not stated, so check the official page.

Price and Access

The Font Making Course costs $349, excluding VAT. The Type Design Class courses page says enrolment opens twice a year, with the next enrolment listed for March 2027 and a waitlist in the meantime. Some individual course pages show a direct purchase button, so check the official page to see whether you can buy now or need to join the waitlist.

About the Instructor

Viktor Baltus is a type designer and illustrator with more than 20 years of experience in Adobe Illustrator, and the founder of an award-winning package design studio. He also created The Futur's Grids and Layout kit, which is listed on this site.

Things to Consider

• Software: you need Glyphs 4, which runs on macOS; a six-month trial licence comes with the course.
• Time: 72 videos plus your own drawing time; plan for weeks rather than a weekend.
• Feedback: use the support on offer and send work in progress, rather than waiting until the end.
• Language: subtitles in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian help if English is not your first language.
• Enrolment: check the enrolment dates before planning around a start date.
• Next steps: the Script Fonts Course and True Italics Course from the same school build on these skills.

How to Get the Most From It

Choose a simple sans serif concept before you begin and keep it modest. Follow the Font Making Course module by module, installing and testing your font as you go. Typing real words in your own typeface, early and often, is the quickest way to spot shapes and spacing that need work.

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For the full syllabus and pricing, visit the official Type Design Class website.

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Last verified: November 12, 2026