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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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Typeface Design
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Expand for more options.Discussion specific to font technology.
267 discussions
2.9K comments
Most recent: The Current State of Variable Fonts (End of 2018) by John Hudson on
1:50AM
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of typeface design
736 discussions
10.1K comments
Most recent: Elongation of Hebrew letters at the end of the row by John Hudson on
December 18
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Expand for more options.The business side of type design and font licensing.
282 discussions
5.2K comments
Most recent: Typeface localization services by Dave Crossland on
December 12
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Expand for more options.Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the Type Releases category.
271 discussions
5.4K comments
Most recent: Polish: the ł_ł ligature revisited by Rafael "rafaeiro" Ferreira on
December 18
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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.
392 discussions
5.2K comments
Most recent: Determine whether a font file is OpenType format or TrueType format by karstenluecke on
December 14
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Expand for more options.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
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Lettering and Calligraphy
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy
35 discussions
465 comments
Most recent: know very useful site??? by Rafael "rafaeiro" Ferreira on
December 12
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Typography
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Expand for more options.Discuss the history of typography here.
143 discussions
1.5K comments
Most recent: Women in History of Typography by ivan louette on
November 17
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Expand for more options.The category for those who teach design.
63 discussions
777 comments
Most recent: ‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland on
October 25
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Announcements
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Expand for more options.Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
55 discussions
301 comments
Most recent: Libre Graphics Meeting 2019: call for participation by Dave Crossland on
December 9
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Expand for more options.Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
59 discussions
201 comments
Most recent: The Northern Block seeking Font Developer by Scott Briggs on
December 6
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Expand for more options.Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
94 discussions
192 comments
Most recent: Dez Now Sans finally released? by Chris Lozos on
December 14
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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.
109 discussions
962 comments
Most recent: "Turkish cannot go back to Arabic script" by AzizMostafa on
December 9
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About TypeDrawers
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Expand for more options.Official news about TypeDrawers.com
41 discussions
985 comments
Most recent: Donate to TypeDrawers (2018 Edition) by André Simard on
December 14
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72 discussions
683 comments
Most recent: Navigating caret with Ctrl+arrow by Adam Jagosz on
September 26