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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.
417 discussions
4.6K comments
Most recent: Sculptural Beauty: an invitation to participate by Russell McGorman
4:01PM
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of typeface design
815 discussions
11.3K comments
Most recent: Precomposed fractions — waste of time and space? by Adam Jagosz
8:56PM
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Expand for more options.The business side of type design and font licensing.
339 discussions
6.1K comments
Most recent: ATypI's (old) stance on cloning vs. yours by James Puckett
January 24
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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.
426 discussions
5.8K comments
Most recent: Back to typography but... Software? by Thomas Phinney
8:33PM
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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
41 discussions
542 comments
Most recent: How to determine the correct width for a Roman upper case slanted stroke, per Mr. Claflin, 1922? by John Savard
December 2019
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Typography
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Expand for more options.Discuss the history of typography here.
179 discussions
1.9K comments
Most recent: Purchasing old type-specimens by Helmut Wollmersdorfer
11:50AM
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Expand for more options.The category for those who teach design.
74 discussions
907 comments
Most recent: Quotes about typography, not by white guys... by Russell McGorman
January 24
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Announcements
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Expand for more options.Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
60 discussions
335 comments
Most recent: Alphabetica 2019 — Den Haag, Saturday November 23 by Akiem Helmling
December 2019
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Expand for more options.Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
76 discussions
311 comments
Most recent: Awesome 1+ yr Font Engineer role in Silicon Valley, CA @ Gr8 tech co! by jbrandonaquent
January 22
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Expand for more options.Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
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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.
121 discussions
1.2K comments
Most recent: Walden Font Co. 50% off sale until the end of the year by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.)
November 2019
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