TypeDrawers

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  Introductions

  6 discussions 28 comments Most recent: Hello from me by Muhammad Ariq Syauqi February 18
• Typeface Design
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  443 discussions 4.8K comments Most recent: Dreaming of a new feature syntax by John Hudson 1:41AM
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  829 discussions 11.5K comments Most recent: En dash = width of n? by John Savard 9:44AM
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  351 discussions 6.3K comments Most recent: Adobe Creative Cloud - Now Allowing YOUR Fonts to be Added! by Ray Larabie 12:23PM
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  Type Design Critiques

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

  323 discussions 6.7K comments Most recent: Liter Grotesque by Jasper de Waard 9:27AM
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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.

  432 discussions 5.9K comments Most recent: Printer for proofing by Chris Lozos March 19
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  Punchcutting

  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
• Lettering and Calligraphy
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy

  41 discussions 544 comments Most recent: Which extended Latin characters never occur at the beginning of a word? by Adam Jagosz February 18
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  Lettering Critiques

  25 discussions 312 comments Most recent: Any hints appreciated by LeonAASmith March 7
• Typography
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  History of Typography

  Discuss the history of typography here.

  186 discussions 2.1K comments Most recent: Portuguese type specimens by Stephen Coles March 16
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  Education

  The category for those who teach design.

  74 discussions 908 comments Most recent: Reflections on Type and Typography [Related Matters] by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland March 14
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  Resources

  The category for typographic and educational resources.

  3 discussions 18 comments Most recent: That Variable Fonts playground that had playback buttons next to axis sliders by Adam Jagosz March 25
• Announcements
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  Events

  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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  Job Postings

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

  78 discussions 346 comments Most recent: New Arabic font system by Helmut Wollmersdorfer February 13
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  Type Releases

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

  107 discussions 197 comments Most recent: Rationell Neogrotesk by peggo (Pedro González) January 18
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  Miscellaneous News

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

  122 discussions 1.2K comments Most recent: P22 Releases "Savage Impressions" by Chris Lozos March 1
• About TypeDrawers
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  TypeDrawers Announcements

  Official news about TypeDrawers.com

  44 discussions 1.1K comments Most recent: Moderation Team Changes by Vasil Stanev March 27
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  Suggestions and Bug Reports

  81 discussions 834 comments Most recent: Odd text formatting on some posts by Mark Simonson March 7