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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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21 discussions
101 comments
Most recent: Yo, I'm Abe Nehrer, thought I'd say hi! by Claudio Piccinini
May 14
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Typeface Design
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Expand for more options.Discussion specific to font technology.
545 discussions
5.8K comments
Most recent: Calluna Sans as an alternative to Scala Sans, but... by Silas
11:33AM
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of typeface design
895 discussions
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Most recent: Letter-fitting and spacing research by Nathan Willis
5:50PM
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Expand for more options.Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the Type Releases category.
371 discussions
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Most recent: Small text Granjone with Cyrillic and Greek by Leonid T.
May 17
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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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Typography
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Expand for more options.Discuss the history of typography here.
230 discussions
2.6K comments
Most recent: Happy 25th Birthday, OpenType (May 6) by Claudio Piccinini
May 8
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Expand for more options.The category for those who teach design.
88 discussions
1.1K comments
Most recent: Do typedesigners with bad handwriting exist? by Vasil Stanev
May 1
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Expand for more options.The category for typographic and educational resources.
21 discussions
255 comments
Most recent: Which are the most appreciated small foundries as of today? by Vasil Stanev
May 16
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Announcements
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Expand for more options.Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
62 discussions
338 comments
Most recent: Upcoming Online Cyrillic Type Design workshop by Krista Radoeva
February 22
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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.
120 discussions
218 comments
Most recent: Introducing Bangel Font Family! by Art Grootfontein
April 19
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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.
128 discussions
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Most recent: Adobe announces end of support for “PostScript” Type 1 fonts by Hrant H. Papazian
April 13
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About TypeDrawers
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Expand for more options.Official news about TypeDrawers.com
45 discussions
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Most recent: Jess McCarty is stepping down as a TypeDrawers moderator by André G. Isaak
February 12