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TypeDrawers
A discussion forum for professionals and enthusiasts in the fields of typeface design, lettering, and typography.
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Typeface Design
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Expand for more options.Discussion specific to font technology.
673 discussions
7.1K comments
Most recent: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web? by Erwin Denissen
November 23
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of typeface design
971 discussions
13.9K comments
Most recent: Do you always start over a new font from scratch? by Rob Barba
4:21AM
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Expand for more options.Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the Type Releases category.
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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.
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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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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy
67 discussions
910 comments
Most recent: The Six Basic Typefaces of Massimo Vignelli by Andreas Stötzner
November 28
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Typography
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Expand for more options.Discuss the history of typography here.
262 discussions
3K comments
Most recent: “Type is a beautiful group of letters…” Who said this? by John Savard
November 6
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Expand for more options.The category for those who teach design.
98 discussions
1.2K comments
Most recent: Latin without Cross Sign and Arabic Without Dots by AzizMostafa AzizAli
5:48AM
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Expand for more options.The category for typographic and educational resources.
42 discussions
530 comments
Most recent: OpenType feature for positioning base glyph according to diacritic mark by Scott-Martin Kosofsky
November 23
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Announcements
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Expand for more options.Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
68 discussions
358 comments
Most recent: “Drawn to Letters: a Dutch approach”—workshop with Elmo van Slingerland by Phan
November 16
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Expand for more options.Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
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Expand for more options.Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
134 discussions
228 comments
Most recent: A Great Summer Offer for a Brilliant Tool by leksendesign
November 21
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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.
140 discussions
1.4K comments
Most recent: What to do about our fonts after we die? by PabloImpallari
November 18
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