TypeDrawers

Category List

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  Introductions

  2 discussions 4 comments Most recent: Hello world by Brandon Buerkle on November 2018 November 2018
• Typeface Design
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  293 discussions 3.2K comments Most recent: Uneven lowercase at low resolution by Viktor Rubenko on 6:39AM 6:39AM
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  753 discussions 10.2K comments Most recent: Khmer script justification is broken in Adobe InDesign by Thomas Phinney on February 14 February 14
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  291 discussions 5.4K comments Most recent: My Fonts Promotion Bug by Viktor Rubenko on February 18 February 18
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  Type Design Critiques

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

  278 discussions 5.6K comments Most recent: Cherokee! by SiDaniels on February 14 February 14
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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.

  396 discussions 5.3K comments Most recent: Printer recommendations for proofing? by Thomas Phinney on February 20 February 20
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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 2018 August 2018
• Lettering and Calligraphy
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy

  35 discussions 486 comments Most recent: Which extended Latin characters never occur at the beginning of a word? by Vasil Stanev on January 22 January 22
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  Lettering Critiques

  22 discussions 248 comments Most recent: Spacious Script Logotype by Scott Biersack on November 2018 November 2018
• Typography
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  History of Typography

  Discuss the history of typography here.

  145 discussions 1.5K comments Most recent: Please Help Identify by SiDaniels on February 14 February 14
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  Education

  The category for those who teach design.

  65 discussions 787 comments Most recent: Type Tricks (Sofie Beier) by Paul Miller on February 11 February 11
• Announcements
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  Events

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

  56 discussions 301 comments Most recent: TypeCon 2019 Call for Programming by Erin McLaughlin on February 16 February 16
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  Job Postings

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

  60 discussions 201 comments Most recent: Rosetta hiring a Font Engineer (part time) and Studio Manager (full time) by Dave Crossland on February 17 February 17
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  Type Releases

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

  96 discussions 192 comments Most recent: Parse Grotesk Mono — a programming font with a personality by Sujan Sundareswaran on January 14 January 14
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  Miscellaneous News

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

  111 discussions 1K comments Most recent: 2019 SOTA Catalyst Award call for Entries by Erin McLaughlin on February 16 February 16
• About TypeDrawers
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  TypeDrawers Announcements

  Official news about TypeDrawers.com

  41 discussions 986 comments Most recent: Donate to TypeDrawers (2018 Edition) by Cory Maylett on December 2018 December 2018
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  Suggestions and Bug Reports

  72 discussions 683 comments Most recent: Navigating caret with Ctrl+arrow by Adam Jagosz on September 2018 September 2018