Typeface Design

Discussions pertaining to the design of typefaces.

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  Type Design Critiques

  Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the Type Releases category.

  477 discussions 9.8K comments Most recent: Seeking parties available for technical reviews by Dave Crossland July 7
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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.

  556 discussions 7.5K comments Most recent: 6 different widths – not displayed by order by Dusan Jelesijevic July 5
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  Type Design Technique & Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  1.1K discussions 15.3K comments Most recent: symbol ^ is used as power ( superscript ) in math, how about symbol for subscript? by WAY KYI July 6
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  640 discussions 10.9K comments Most recent: Advice on Advertising? by theorosendorf June 24
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  831 discussions 8.9K comments Most recent: Navigating the name table for a font menu by barefootliam June 29
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  Punchcutting

  Discussion specific to making metal type

  29 discussions 133 comments Most recent: Drawing the movement: Nelly Gable's book on punchcutting by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland September 2019