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  Introductions

  4 discussions 12 comments Most recent: News from the former head of Adobe Type by MrEchs on April 7 April 7
• Typeface Design
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  337 discussions 3.7K comments Most recent: MS Word outlining one of my fonts by Belleve Invis on 6:06PM 6:06PM
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  775 discussions 10.5K comments Most recent: Kerning of lowercase/Uppercase pairs by Hrant H. Papazian on 7:05PM 7:05PM
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  301 discussions 5.6K comments Most recent: Most exiting stuff of the past year? by Nikola Kostic on May 22 May 22
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  Type Design Critiques

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

  291 discussions 6K comments Most recent: Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond by Jacob Casal on 7:45PM 7:45PM
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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.

  405 discussions 5.5K comments Most recent: Is FontLab VI for real? by Adam Jagosz on May 24 May 24
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  Punchcutting

  Discussion specific to making metal type

  27 discussions 106 comments Most recent: Rosin (colophonium) solution to make the soot transfer easier by Ramiro Espinoza on August 2018 August 2018
• Lettering and Calligraphy
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy

  36 discussions 495 comments Most recent: Definition of penmanship by Michael Clark on 12:32AM 12:32AM
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  Lettering Critiques

  22 discussions 254 comments Most recent: Calligraphic lettering critique by Hrant H. Papazian on 1:30AM 1:30AM
• Typography
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  History of Typography

  Discuss the history of typography here.

  154 discussions 1.7K comments Most recent: U&lc collection by Hrant H. Papazian on 5:25PM 5:25PM
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  Education

  The category for those who teach design.

  66 discussions 812 comments Most recent: ‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland on May 23 May 23
• Announcements
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  Events

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

  58 discussions 309 comments Most recent: Arabic Design Contest by AzizMostafa on May 19 May 19
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  Job Postings

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

  67 discussions 231 comments Most recent: t y p o g r a p h i c w o r k by Claudio Piccinini on May 10 May 10
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  Type Releases

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

  100 discussions 192 comments Most recent: Alibaba Sans by Andrew Wood on May 2 May 2
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  Miscellaneous News

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

  116 discussions 1.1K comments Most recent: "Helvetica Now" - "Monotype redesigns Helvetica for the digital age" by Eben Sorkin on May 1 May 1
• About TypeDrawers
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  TypeDrawers Announcements

  Official news about TypeDrawers.com

  41 discussions 1K comments Most recent: Change to real names policy. by Claudio Piccinini on May 15 May 15
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  Suggestions and Bug Reports

  75 discussions 723 comments Most recent: Hiding posts from specific users by Dyana Weissman on 1:32AM 1:32AM