TypeDrawers

A discussion forum for professionals and enthusiasts in the fields of typeface design, lettering, and typography.

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Introductions

43 discussions 257 comments Most recent: Hello from an amateur by mitradranirban November 2024
Typeface Design
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Font Technology

Discussion specific to font technology.

811 discussions 8.6K comments Most recent: How to reorder color font as second letter behind the first one while overlapping? by Peter Constable 5:16PM
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Technique and Theory

Technique and theory of typeface design

1.1K discussions 15K comments Most recent: Punctuation education by John Hudson February 16
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Type Business

The business side of type design and font licensing.

628 discussions 10.7K comments Most recent: FontRadar by Mads Wildgaard 2:54AM
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Type Design Critiques

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

449 discussions 9.5K comments Most recent: Drawing greek letters by Thomas Phinney February 20
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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.

547 discussions 7.4K comments Most recent: IntegerStemFinder by Michael Rafailyk 4:01PM
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Punchcutting

Discussion specific to making metal type

30 discussions 153 comments Most recent: Creating a font editor? by Dave Crossland November 2023
Lettering and Calligraphy
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Technique and Theory

Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy

84 discussions 1.1K comments Most recent: Hello everyone! by mitradranirban December 2024
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Lettering Critiques

53 discussions 641 comments Most recent: Typeface Feedback by Nick Cooke April 2024
Typography
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History of Typography

Discuss the history of typography here.

307 discussions 3.4K comments Most recent: Panchanan - A project for digitalisation of first Bengali typeface created by Panchanan Karmakar by mitradranirban February 20
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Education

The category for those who teach design.

115 discussions 1.4K comments Most recent: ATypI 90 in Oxford by Carl Crossgrove February 9
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Resources

The category for typographic and educational resources.

71 discussions 785 comments Most recent: Looking for recommendations on donating a library of type related books by James Montalbano February 14
Announcements
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Events

Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.

81 discussions 421 comments Most recent: Announcing Font Business Conference 2025 - call for proposals by Nadine Chahine February 13
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Job Postings

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

106 discussions 633 comments Most recent: Open for work by Thomas Phinney February 14
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Type Releases

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

151 discussions 249 comments Most recent: The Mell font family by JencelPanic February 15
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Miscellaneous News

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

166 discussions 1.7K comments Most recent: Digital Greek Typography is Broken by John Hudson 5:27AM
About TypeDrawers
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TypeDrawers Announcements

Official news about TypeDrawers.com

53 discussions 1.3K comments Most recent: Meet the Moderators by John Butler July 2024
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Suggestions and Bug Reports

117 discussions 1.3K comments Most recent: notdef in Oculi text font makes it a bad choice by Kent Lew January 14

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