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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Expand for more options.Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the Type Releases category.
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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.
560 discussions
7.6K comments
Most recent: What’s happening with FontBakery? Is Fontspector the future? by Simon Cozens
3:04PM
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of typeface design
1.1K discussions
15.4K comments
Most recent: Letters changing shape from upright → oblique by pereelmagne
September 13
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Expand for more options.The business side of type design and font licensing.
649 discussions
11K comments
Most recent: An Interesting Case of (Mis)Appropiation of a font for Trademark by Thomas Phinney
September 8
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Expand for more options.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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Expand for more options.The category for those who teach design.
119 discussions
1.4K comments
Most recent: New: Origin of Type Frameworks (OTF) Course by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland
September 13
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Expand for more options.The category for typographic and educational resources.
77 discussions
812 comments
Most recent: An Experience with What The Font by John Savard
September 6
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Lettering and Calligraphy
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Expand for more options.
31 discussions
357 comments
Most recent: Handwriting of Rabindranath Tagore - a calligraphic legacy by mitradranirban
August 8
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Announcements
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Expand for more options.Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
88 discussions
457 comments
Most recent: Announcing the first Fonts and AI conference by Nadine Chahine
September 10
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Expand for more options.Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
112 discussions
648 comments
Most recent: Google Fonts font development project management opportunity by Dave Crossland
August 11
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Expand for more options.Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
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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.
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About TypeDrawers
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120 discussions
1.3K comments
Most recent: typedrawers.com offline every now and then? by Khaled Hosny
August 30
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