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.
821 discussions
8.8K comments
Most recent: Searching for a vector-based emoji font by John Hudson
May 25
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of typeface design
1.1K discussions
15.2K comments
Most recent: Auto-Apostrophe correction with CALT-Feature by Nick Shinn
May 19
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Expand for more options.Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the Type Releases category.
453 discussions
9.5K comments
Most recent: Feedbacks on a allcaps titling font ? by Craig Eliason
May 23
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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.
550 discussions
7.4K comments
Most recent: Why MainType remains a go-to Windows font manager by Erwin Denissen
May 22
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Lettering and Calligraphy
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy
86 discussions
1.1K comments
Most recent: Case study: SS.I typographic redesign by Joshua Langman
May 25
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Typography
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Expand for more options.The category for those who teach design.
118 discussions
1.4K comments
Most recent: New: Origin of Type Frameworks (OTF) Course by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland
May 22
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Announcements
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Expand for more options.Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
84 discussions
430 comments
Most recent: 2 FREE seminars: Fundamentals of the Font Business by Nadine Chahine
April 30
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Expand for more options.Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
109 discussions
647 comments
Most recent: Looking for help with Hebrew vowels and cantillation marks by bdenckla
May 22
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Expand for more options.Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
162 discussions
251 comments
Most recent: Victor, a new typeface of medieval display capitals by Daniel Mitsui
May 20
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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.
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About TypeDrawers
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117 discussions
1.3K comments
Most recent: notdef in Oculi text font makes it a bad choice by Kent Lew
January 14
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