Introduction

LTTR/INK is a plugin for Glyphs (or Adobe Illustrator) for drawing advanced stroke contrast shapes. It helps you to achieve precise stroke shapes and generate accurate outlines with minimum effort.

Fundamentals

The idea behind LTTR/INK is inspired by The Stroke - Theory Of Writing written by Gerrit Noordzij and brought to the next level

Moreover, LTTR/INK possibilities go beyond the stroke theory, letting you achieve stroke shapes that weren't described earlier.

We call this approach skeleton type design. Say good bye to outlines and convert to skeletons!

Start here

Whether you are just starting out with type design in Glyphs or have already attained significant mastery, you'll find the tool handy.

But first you must memorize the Skeleton Manifesto.

Here are the essential tutorials to start with.

  1. How to install—If you haven't done it yet.
  2. Activate licence
  3. Interface Overview
  4. Activate Stroke

Once you finish the above basics, you can continue learning to draw strokes.

User interface overview Glyphs

Get to know how LTTR/INK's user interface works. This article will walk you through the UI elements in Glyphs app step by step.

Start drawing

Drawing strokes with skeletons is an elementary principle of using LTTR/INK. Learn how to draw basic strokes here.

Produce

Learn how to produce stroke skeleton based fonts made with LTTR/INK and Glyphs

Introduction to Stroke Styles

Stroke styles help you speed up your type design workflow when setting parameters of strokes becomes too boring.

Introduction

Here are the essential tutorials you need to know to start with LTTR/INK for Adobe Illustrator.