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.
798 discussions
8.5K comments
Most recent: Typography: Notes of a Beginner Engineer by Simon Cozens
November 20
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of typeface design
1K discussions
14.8K comments
Most recent: Condensed Light vs. Light Condensed by John Hudson
November 16
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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.
541 discussions
7.4K comments
Most recent: Free open source tool for making color font by Peter Constable
2:00AM
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Lettering and Calligraphy
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy
83 discussions
1.1K comments
Most recent: Case study: SS.I typographic redesign by Scott-Martin Kosofsky
October 31
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Typography
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Expand for more options.Discuss the history of typography here.
301 discussions
3.4K comments
Most recent: What are the most-viewed fonts in the world? by jeremy tribby
November 15
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Expand for more options.The category for those who teach design.
114 discussions
1.4K comments
Most recent: Interesting piece on an Indonesian language using Hangul to write it by Jongseong Park
November 19
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Expand for more options.The category for typographic and educational resources.
68 discussions
767 comments
Most recent: Tips on font Circular by Laurenz brunner by Rozijn
November 20
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Announcements
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Expand for more options.Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
79 discussions
419 comments
Most recent: Latin One: 6-week type design course starting Oct 23, 2024 by Nicole Dotin
October 8
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Expand for more options.Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
105 discussions
628 comments
Most recent: OUP is seeking a Global Fonts Manager by John Savard
June 15
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Expand for more options.Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
148 discussions
249 comments
Most recent: Pesteh Perso-Arabic Typeface! (Official Font Release) by Amir Mesbahi
August 31
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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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116 discussions
1.3K comments
Most recent: Asking for free fonts on Type Drawers by Nick Shinn
October 8
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