TypoWiki : (Type Design) How To Section

Design Considerations:
Drawing Glyphs
Spacing for good typefitting
Kerning
Designing for Even Color
Creating Font Families
Deriving Small Cap from Caps
Deriving Obliques from Roman (Sans)
Deriving Bold from Roman
Drawing International Characters
Drawing Cyrillic Characters
Drawing Symbols and Miscellaneous

Technical Considerations (basic):
Glyph Naming
Font Naming
Defining UPM (Units Per Em)
Understanding Metrics
Setting Cross-Platform Vertical Metrics
Hinting
Setting the PS Bluescale value

Technical Considerations (advanced):
Programming OpenType Features
Scripting with Python
BlueScale How-To

Marketing Considerations:
Pricing Font Development Work

Typography Considerations:
Creating Custom Type Effects
Typeface Pairing