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Category List

• Typeface Design
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  221 discussions 2.5K comments Most recent: Ghost hint values by Jeff Peters on August 18 August 18
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  704 discussions 9.6K comments Most recent: Italics angle compensations by Frode on August 19 August 19
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  270 discussions 5K comments Most recent: post removed by Steve MacKley on August 19 August 19
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  Type Design Critiques

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

  258 discussions 5.1K comments Most recent: Portfolio Mono (working title) by Jasper de Waard on August 18 August 18
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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.

  379 discussions 5K comments Most recent: Family Stem Weights Calculator by Jacques Le Bailly on August 17 August 17
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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 4 August 4
• Lettering and Calligraphy
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy

  32 discussions 429 comments Most recent: How to deal with conextual alternatives and separator & punctuations? by Miklos Ferencz on December 2017 December 2017
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  Lettering Critiques

  19 discussions 204 comments Most recent: What the s... – looking for something to hold onto while drawing a stencil 's'. by Matthijs Sluiter on July 3 July 3
• Typography
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  History of Typography

  Discuss the history of typography here.

  138 discussions 1.5K comments Most recent: Looking for early examples of type designed for materials other than paper. by Jacques Le Bailly on May 28 May 28
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  Education

  The category for those who teach design.

  62 discussions 747 comments Most recent: ‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland on August 4 August 4
• Announcements
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  Events

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

  54 discussions 301 comments Most recent: Type Jam - A hackathon for Fonts by Ofir Shavit on August 1 August 1
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  Job Postings

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

  54 discussions 190 comments Most recent: Having a custom font created for a youth-focused Anti-Bullying Charity by Nick Shinn on June 25 June 25
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  Type Releases

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

  86 discussions 184 comments Most recent: Art Deco style: Arthur Travel now released by Andreas Stötzner on May 10 May 10
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  Miscellaneous News

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

  102 discussions 894 comments Most recent: NSA declassifies Cold War internal office security posters by Sye Robertson on June 25 June 25
• About TypeDrawers
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  TypeDrawers Announcements

  Official news about TypeDrawers.com

  39 discussions 956 comments Most recent: Meet the Moderators, 2018 edition by Max Phillips on July 30 July 30
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  Suggestions and Bug Reports

  69 discussions 666 comments Most recent: Password wildcards and password retyping by Paul Miller on July 28 July 28