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.
556 discussions
7.5K comments
Most recent: Fontra Pak as a snap app for Linux desktop by mitradranirban
July 17
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of typeface design
1.1K discussions
15.3K comments
Most recent: How to assess what optical size(s) a given type style is intended for? by PabloImpallari
July 16
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Expand for more options.The business side of type design and font licensing.
644 discussions
10.9K comments
Most recent: Recommendations: Major Font Distributors by Ray Larabie
July 20
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Expand for more options.Discussion specific to font technology.
834 discussions
9K comments
Most recent: Which is the best free font editor? by Dave Crossland
July 23
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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.
120 discussions
1.4K comments
Most recent: ‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland
July 10
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Expand for more options.History of typefaces and typography
316 discussions
3.4K comments
Most recent: What's this old metal arabic typeface? by Abdurrahman Hanif
1:35AM
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Expand for more options.The category for typographic and educational resources.
75 discussions
809 comments
Most recent: Can I turn a custom font into menu-board letters? by Marc Oxborrow
July 21
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Lettering and Calligraphy
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Announcements
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Expand for more options.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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Expand for more options.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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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.
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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