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TypeDrawers
A discussion forum for professionals and enthusiasts in the fields of typeface design, lettering, and typography.
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Introductions
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Hello there!
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John Hudson
March 27
Typeface Design
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Font Technology
Discussion specific to font technology.
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manual hintig necessary?
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Nick Shinn
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Technique and Theory
Technique and theory of typeface design
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making a stroke-based font in fontlab 8, need tips on efficiently flattening
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Derik Schneider
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Type Business
The business side of type design and font licensing.
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Acknowledgement in books
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Type Design Critiques
Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the
Type Releases category
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type critic: "Wollner" a neo-grotesk (neo grotesque) sans-serif inspired by Alexandre Wollner
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DiegoSouza
April 25
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Type Design Software
Discussions specific to FontLab, Glyphs, AFDKO, Superpolator, Prepolator, Robofab, TTX, FontTools, UFOStretch, DTL Software, MS-Volt, Fontforge, etc.
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Printer recommendations for proofing?
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April 24
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Punchcutting
Discussion specific to making metal type
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Creating a font editor?
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Dave Crossland
November 2023
Lettering and Calligraphy
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Technique and Theory
Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy
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Is there some version of Century Gothic that supports Georgian?
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John Hudson
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Lettering Critiques
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Typeface Feedback
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Nick Cooke
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Typography
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History of Typography
Discuss the history of typography here.
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Fifteenth Century and Jenson
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George Thomas
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Education
The category for those who teach design.
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‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil
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LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland
March 19
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Resources
The category for typographic and educational resources.
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LinkedIn groups to follow
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Announcements
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Events
Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
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ATypI Brisbane April 16-20, 2024
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Eris Alar
April 5
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Job Postings
Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
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Searching for a freelance font engineer/coder
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Vasil Stanev
December 2023
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Type Releases
Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
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Hamilton Light by Font Bureau
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Craig Eliason
January 30
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Miscellaneous News
Any news that doesn’t fit in other Announcements categories. Software announcements go in the software category.
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A YouTube video about British Railways' corporate identity design.
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John J. Blair
April 24
About TypeDrawers
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TypeDrawers Announcements
Official news about TypeDrawers.com
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2024 Fundraising & Improvements.
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Suggestions and Bug Reports
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Edit Profile Bug
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Stephen Coles
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