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Re: A New Type.lol - A type foundry index—and more!
If you’re looking for a reasonably central place to set the record straight about your fonts, Wikidata is worth considering. Projects like Type.lol can pull structured data from there and incorporate…5 -
2026 TypeDrawers Sponsors!
Matthew Rechs from Business Letters has offered a sponsorship that will cover these costs for the coming year. Thank you Bizlet! Business Letters provides coaching and consulting for the independent …5 -
New font editor announcement: Counterpunch, also in Alpha ;)
Introducing Counterpunch, a next-generation font editor that runs directly in your browser. Inspired by the counterpunch, a traditional punch-cutting tool from the metal type era, this modern digital…10 -
Shift, adding another open source font editor to the mix (early alpha)
Hey! I wanted to share a project I'm working on called Shift. It's a new font editor that's free, open-source, and cross-platform. I'm a software engineer by trade but have always…5 -
A New Type.lol - A type foundry index—and more!
Hey there! My name Mark Johnson, and I run Type.lol as well as TrashType and I wanted to announce a new version of type.lol and seek some feedback if you're willing and able! I made the original…10 -
Re: Input on work in progress typeface
Also, as a general rule, it is better to do a handful of characters and polish them, and then get feedback on them and refine them repeatedly, gradually expanding the character set, than to do a full…5 -
Hiring: Creative Type Director
Studio DRAMA is looking for a Creative Type Director, a creative leader responsible for directing and shaping custom type projects for some of the world’s most recognisable brands. At Studio DRAMA, w…5 -
Re: Input on work in progress typeface
I am going to give my standard advice for novice type designers: spend more time looking at things than trying to make things. You will learn a lot more about type design from carefully looking at su…7 -
Re: Transliteration into Latin characters of Cyrillic characters
I think it is a waste of time. Transliteration conventions vary significantly depending on the language, not just the script. For example, in my country (Azerbaijan), we use the Latin script, but we …9 -
Re: Experimental typography book
Or Unsterberlich from the German author Frederike Frei. The first sentence starts on the cover, the chapters are horizontal. You have to flip the page after each sentence. Chapters are marked on the …6
