If you have a digital copy of something on your computer, does that make it yours? The complicated question many people ask when talking about copyright.
And if the software is yours, when it crashes who decides when it is fixed? Also talking about if you have payed for a software and own it legally, why do you still have to follow the rules of the creator and wait until they fix a problem with it, yet you would not be allowed to alter it.

Wikipedia for example has no restrictions on what gets put onto it, which is why it is the world greatest and biggest encyclopaedia as it shares the worlds knowledge which means there is no limit to the information it can have.

Google Fonts was created to give web fonts for free for anyone to use. This is a great creation from Google as they pay for you to use fonts created by designers so you don't have to sign any contracts or follow any copyright laws as they have already done it for you.
With Font Forge, you can slightly edit an existing font and then call it your own.
Code Academy teaches you how to script for free.

This whole lecture has changed my whole perspective on software, because before I used to think that the more expensive is always best, but now after looking at the free programs more closely, I saw there is not much difference between the payed and the free which can help greatly with young designers on a budget and also saved you from working how the software creators want you to work. You work as you wish to work.

As a task we were told to draw a typeface and just the letters N, O & A and then show the rest of the class. After that we were told to look at Area and Fill and develop the design of our letters and also make the edges sharp so you know exactly how it would look.

We then opened FontForge and started experimenting with creating characters and seeing the techniques that you can use to help you with the creation and design process.

After this we then looked at the last four steps of creating a type face recommended by Dave Crossland which is:



Contract
Repetion
Allignment
Proportion

First sketch I done after being told to create a typeface.

This is the second design I done after looking at the four points Dave talked about to get the proportions right and
look more professional.

These photos show when we all places our typefaces on the floor and compared each others.

After the lecture I started to talk to Dave about creating fonts, as I have created some in the past. We then exchanged contact detailed and he later invited me to his office in Google to see what next steps I could take with my fonts and which was the best way to improve and develop them.
I have been working on one font as dave said that one has the most potential and have had his feedback along the way.