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.
485 discussions
9.9K comments
Most recent: A new Art Deco, and the hunt for Broadway Greek/Cyrillic by Tofu Type Foundry
October 12
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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
October 2
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of typeface design
1.1K discussions
15.4K comments
Most recent: Why ascender can't use interline gap, but diacritics can? by Jacob Casal
2:43AM
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Expand for more options.The business side of type design and font licensing.
654 discussions
11K comments
Most recent: Does anyone here have experience with licensing for SharePoint? by Max Phillips
8:48AM
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Expand for more options.Discussion specific to font technology.
849 discussions
9.1K comments
Most recent: Third-party fonts not showing up in Word and PowerPoint by Kasper Pyndt
October 16
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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: hebrew type design workshops? by DJSilverbird35
October 10
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Expand for more options.History of typefaces and typography
323 discussions
3.5K comments
Most recent: Examples of Greek capital ου ligature wanted by Adam Jagosz
October 15
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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.
33 discussions
357 comments
Most recent: What i made this Lettering on my pencil by DJSilverbird35
October 15
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Announcements
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Expand for more options.Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
91 discussions
464 comments
Most recent: Workshop on Oct 22: Coding for Glyphs with ChatGPT & Co by Kasper Pyndt
October 16
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Expand for more options.Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
114 discussions
653 comments
Most recent: Google Fonts Software Engineer (Bay Area/NYC location only) by Nick Shinn
October 4
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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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Expand for more options.Official news about TypeDrawers.com
54 discussions
1.3K comments
Most recent: Help Typedrawers find a new home by James Hultquist-Todd
October 10
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Expand for more options.
120 discussions
1.3K comments
Most recent: typedrawers.com offline every now and then? by michele casanova
September 27
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