How to refine a first-draft font: proofing & testing (Making a mono, Part 6)
Contents
0:00 Where we’re at in the project
2:50 Setting up what I’ll be fixing later
7:15 How I set up the exports weights to match Name Sans
18:41 Checking what is compatible and what to fix
21:11 Font Proofer, an app for font proofing
22:44 Creating a new proof and a ”Grid of Glyphs”
27:32 Creating a “Page 1” proofing page (A–z, 0–9)
30:50 Resources for spacing/proofing tests
32:52 Manipulating spacing strings efficiently in VS Code
33:13 Finding and fixing a issue in the mono font
36:00 Making H&Co’s proofing text even more useful
38:34 Refing the design of the proof
51:00 Hot tip: quickly combining multiple PDFs
52:08 Sorting font styles in Font Proofer
56:00 What I’ll do next with the proof
1:01:24 Setting up FontBakery for technical QA
1:06:20 Reviewing FontBakery’s checks on this mono