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.

  505 discussions 10.1K comments Most recent: Need a pair of eyes on these … by Matthijs Herzberg November 8
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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.

  597 discussions 8K comments Most recent: Introducing FontLab 9: stem e… by Yury Yarmola 12:15PM
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  Type Design Technique & Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  1.1K discussions 15.4K comments Most recent: Help us study letter spacing:… by danielquisek November 10
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  679 discussions 11.1K comments Most recent: Who remembers WTC? by James Montalbano 11:34AM
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  911 discussions 10K comments Most recent: On the appropriateness of sma… by Kent Lew November 10
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  Punchcutting

  Discussion specific to making metal type

  29 discussions 138 comments Most recent: Drawing the movement: Nelly G… by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland September 2019