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TypeDrawers
A discussion forum for professionals and enthusiasts in the fields of typeface design, lettering, and typography.
Category List
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Typeface Design
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Expand for more options.Discussion specific to font technology.
508 discussions
5.4K comments
Most recent: Microsoft Visual TrueType Version 6.32 release [October, 2019] by Mike Duggan
2:56PM
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of typeface design
863 discussions
12.1K comments
Most recent: Width Reduction In Sans-serif Italic Styles by Hrant H. Papazian
November 30
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Expand for more options.The business side of type design and font licensing.
386 discussions
6.9K comments
Most recent: Need some help for my new font name by Paul Miller
November 29
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Expand for more options.Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the Type Releases category.
354 discussions
7.2K comments
Most recent: Elemaints - A Serif Family with Optical Sizes by Christian Thalmann
November 27
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Expand for more options.Discussions specific to FontLab, Glyphs, AFDKO, Superpolator, Prepolator, Robofab, TTX, FontTools, UFOStretch, DTL Software, MS-Volt, Fontforge, etc.
446 discussions
6K comments
Most recent: New FontLab 7.2: until 6 Dec $199 for Glyphs, RoboFont, FOG, TypeTool & EDU users, $299 new licenses by Simon Cozens
3:29PM
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Expand for more options.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
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Lettering and Calligraphy
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Typography
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Expand for more options.Discuss the history of typography here.
210 discussions
2.3K comments
Most recent: Strange "p" from Griffo in Bembo's De Aetna by John Savard
November 27
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Expand for more options.The category for those who teach design.
86 discussions
993 comments
Most recent: Reflections on Type and Typography [Related Matters] by John Savard
6:16AM
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Expand for more options.The category for typographic and educational resources.
11 discussions
76 comments
Most recent: Looking for Beautiful Examples of Popular Fonts in Use. Any Recommendations? by Florian Hardwig
November 23
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Announcements
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Expand for more options.Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
61 discussions
338 comments
Most recent: TMX—TYPOGRAPHY, TECH, & DESIGN, Nov 2–6 Online by Thomas Phinney
October 12
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Expand for more options.Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
79 discussions
349 comments
Most recent: Hiring typeface designer with experience in developing indic fonts by brandnewtype
October 3
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Expand for more options.Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
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Expand for more options.Any news that doesn’t fit in other Announcements categories. Software announcements go in the software category.
125 discussions
1.2K comments
Most recent: Give me feedback on my online tool to fix microtypography by Brano Sandala
November 9
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About TypeDrawers
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86 discussions
848 comments
Most recent: typedrawers doesnt work on ipad by Viktor Rubenko
November 28