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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Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the Type Releases category.
476 discussions 9.8K comments Most recent: Tainted Sans - a homage to cassette futurism (my first font) by DeadLettering June 25
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Discussions specific to FontLab, Glyphs, AFDKO, Superpolator, Prepolator, Robofab, TTX, FontTools, UFOStretch, DTL Software, MS-Volt, Fontforge, etc.
556 discussions 7.5K comments Most recent: 6 different widths – not displayed by order by John Hudson July 3
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Technique and theory of typeface design
1.1K discussions 15.3K comments Most recent: Can the custom fonts be installed into Iphone/Ipad??? by Mark Simonson July 1
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Discussion specific to font technology.
831 discussions 8.9K comments Most recent: Navigating the name table for a font menu by barefootliam June 29
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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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Typography
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The category for those who teach design.
120 discussions 1.4K comments Most recent: ‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland July 3
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Lettering and Calligraphy
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Announcements
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Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
110 discussions 648 comments Most recent: Software Developer role at Dalton Maag by Paul Hanslow May 28
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Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
167 discussions 260 comments Most recent: Ysabeau: A faithful sans companion to Garamond, now on Google Fonts by Marc Oxborrow June 30
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Any news that doesn’t fit in other Announcements categories. Software announcements go in the software category.
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About TypeDrawers
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119 discussions 1.3K comments Most recent: Paragraph spacing in input and preview does not match final display by Michael Rafailyk June 27
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