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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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Introductions
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Hi, I’m Sujan and I’m an addict.
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Sujan Sundareswaran
June 2
Typeface Design
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Font Technology
Discussion specific to font technology.
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Problem with Arabic ligatures in MS Word 2019
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Technique and Theory
Technique and theory of typeface design
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Newer font version does not properly overwrite previous
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Cristóbal Alarcón
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Type Business
The business side of type design and font licensing.
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This is what Monotype is doing instead of anything helpful
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Johannes Neumeier
June 27
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Type Design Critiques
Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the
Type Releases category
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Type design hot takes
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Christian Thalmann
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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.
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Kern On—Semi Automated Kerning Plugin for Glyphs
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John Hudson
June 10
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Punchcutting
Discussion specific to making metal type
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Drawing the movement: Nelly Gable's book on punchcutting
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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
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What's the rectangle surrounding a font glyph, including its sidebearings, called?
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Ray Larabie
June 16
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Lettering Critiques
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Default letters vs Stylistic Sets
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Michael Rafailyk
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Typography
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History of Typography
Discuss the history of typography here.
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Grotesk / Grotesque
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Daniel Riley
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Education
The category for those who teach design.
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Typography Summer School (University of Antwerp)
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LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland
June 23
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Resources
The category for typographic and educational resources.
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Is there any tool you can use to look at the final ordering the glyphs after shaping Engine has done
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WAY KYI
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Events
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ATypI Tech Talks
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Job Postings
Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
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PAID FREELANCE - Font Localization Wanted
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Thomas Phinney
May 28
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Type Releases
Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
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Finally released Functor Mono
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Sujan Sundareswaran
June 1
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Miscellaneous News
Any news that doesn’t fit in other Announcements categories. Software announcements go in the software category.
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My book is out!
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Joshua Langman
May 19
About TypeDrawers
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TypeDrawers Announcements
Official news about TypeDrawers.com
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Help Fund The Next Stage of TypeDrawers
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AbiRasheed
May 21
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Suggestions and Bug Reports
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Noto Sans on the site without hinting.
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Vasily Draigo
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