TypeDrawers

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  Introductions

  15 discussions 66 comments Most recent: Hey there, I'm Ben Noe by Thomas Phinney September 11
• Typeface Design
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  491 discussions 5.3K comments Most recent: Most common kern pairs by Albert_Jan_Pool 7:25AM
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  854 discussions 11.9K comments Most recent: Kerning Lowercase to Capitals by Hrant H. Papazian September 24
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  378 discussions 6.7K comments Most recent: Marking Copies of Fonts by Jim Parrillo September 24
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  Type Design Critiques

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

  351 discussions 7.1K comments Most recent: Professional opinion for a first font by Jemmy Rostandy 1:48AM
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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.

  441 discussions 5.9K comments Most recent: How to edit the glyphs in a substitution table (i.e. small caps glyphs)? by jonwfergus September 4
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  Punchcutting

  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
• Lettering and Calligraphy
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy

  46 discussions 589 comments Most recent: Uneven/unbalanced serifs? by ivan louette September 5
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  Lettering Critiques

  33 discussions 381 comments Most recent: Funky Italic Feedback by Hrant H. Papazian September 24
• Typography
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  History of Typography

  Discuss the history of typography here.

  206 discussions 2.2K comments Most recent: 1917 Book of Letters: fun examples of Greek Type Design by Jacob Casal August 27
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  Education

  The category for those who teach design.

  84 discussions 975 comments Most recent: Is this a Gill Sans Variant? by Albert_Jan_Pool 7:36AM
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  Resources

  The category for typographic and educational resources.

  7 discussions 43 comments Most recent: Text Samples for Each Script? by RichardW August 19
• Announcements
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  Events

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

  60 discussions 335 comments Most recent: Alphabetica 2019 — Den Haag, Saturday November 23 by Akiem Helmling December 2019
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  Job Postings

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

  78 discussions 346 comments Most recent: New Arabic font system by Helmut Wollmersdorfer February 13
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  Type Releases

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

  113 discussions 201 comments Most recent: Kurinto by ClintGoss July 26
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  Miscellaneous News

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

  124 discussions 1.2K comments Most recent: "Font Wars 2.0: The Untold Story" by Behdad Esfahbod September 23
• About TypeDrawers
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  TypeDrawers Announcements

  Official news about TypeDrawers.com

  44 discussions 1.1K comments Most recent: Moderation Team Changes by Dyana Weissman April 2
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  Suggestions and Bug Reports

  85 discussions 843 comments Most recent: Discussions loop by Vasil Stanev September 17