The Helpful Letterforms Guide

A technical reference for constructing letterforms from the ground up.

No more guesswork

Check your letterforms

A4 and US Letter size

Helpful checklist

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Can you spot what could be improved?

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The Letterforms Guide is made for students and beginning type designers who want to understand how letterforms are built, not just drawn. It covers the complete Latin alphabet in sans serif, serif, and italic styles, showing every outline, node, and component used in professional font construction.

What’s inside?

  • Uppercase, lowercase, Lining and Old Style figures

  • Essential symbols: Æ Œ # % [ ] { } ^ * $ £ ¥ € ? & @

  • Open corners, corner components, and cap components for modular construction in Glyphs

  • Ink trap principles, when they’re needed and how to build them correctly

  • Twelve diacritical marks, each with anchor placement logic for proper attachment

  • Clear diagrams of node placement and structure, ready to reference while drawing

Inspirational 10,000 words list

Don’t know what to type? I’ve included a 10,000 words list with beautiful quotes, words, names, 15 letter words, pangrams, and waterfalls so that you can make the template fit your own fonts the best.

If you don’t know what to type

Beautiful Quotes and Words

x-Amount of letter words

Pangrams and waterfalls

Hand selected, no AI

Mockups not included

The Letterforms Guide

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Inspirational words list

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