TypeDrawers

A discussion forum for professionals and enthusiasts in the fields of typeface design, lettering, and typography.

Category List

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  Introductions

  43 discussions 257 comments Most recent: Hello from an amateur by mitradranirban November 2024
• Typeface Design
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  806 discussions 8.6K comments Most recent: How to make .slf font file? by James Puckett 10:19PM
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  1.1K discussions 14.9K comments Most recent: Regular vs Book by Nick Shinn 7:57PM
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  622 discussions 10.6K comments Most recent: Recommendations on building a foundry website by Igor Petrovic 4:24PM
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  Type Design Critiques

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

  446 discussions 9.4K comments Most recent: "Medieval" Titillium (an experiment) by Yves Michel 10:00AM
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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.

  543 discussions 7.4K comments Most recent: How to merge multiple ttx files by mitradranirban January 18
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  Punchcutting

  Discussion specific to making metal type

  30 discussions 153 comments Most recent: Creating a font editor? by Dave Crossland November 2023
• Lettering and Calligraphy
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy

  84 discussions 1.1K comments Most recent: Hello everyone! by mitradranirban December 2024
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  Lettering Critiques

  53 discussions 641 comments Most recent: Typeface Feedback by Nick Cooke April 2024
• Typography
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  History of Typography

  Discuss the history of typography here.

  304 discussions 3.4K comments Most recent: Identifying the fonts of the movie The Hunt for Red October by Stephen Coles January 6
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  Education

  The category for those who teach design.

  115 discussions 1.4K comments Most recent: ATypI 90 in Oxford by John Hudson January 13
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  Resources

  The category for typographic and educational resources.

  70 discussions 778 comments Most recent: Devanagari Fonts for Learning Reference by ameacute 1:29PM
• Announcements
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  Events

  Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.

  80 discussions 421 comments Most recent: Latin Two: 16-week type design course starting Jan 15, 2025 by Nicole Dotin December 2024
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  Job Postings

  Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.

  105 discussions 628 comments Most recent: OUP is seeking a Global Fonts Manager by John Savard June 2024
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  Type Releases

  Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.

  149 discussions 249 comments Most recent: New Tiro Typeworks website and type releases by John Hudson January 6
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  Miscellaneous News

  Any news that doesn’t fit in other Announcements categories. Software announcements go in the software category.

  165 discussions 1.7K comments Most recent: Monotype buys Extensis by Mark Simonson December 2024
• About TypeDrawers
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  TypeDrawers Announcements

  Official news about TypeDrawers.com

  53 discussions 1.3K comments Most recent: Meet the Moderators by John Butler July 2024
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  Suggestions and Bug Reports

  117 discussions 1.3K comments Most recent: notdef in Oculi text font makes it a bad choice by Kent Lew January 14