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TypeDrawers
A discussion forum for professionals and enthusiasts in the fields of typeface design, lettering, and typography.
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Introductions
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Hello, looking for help with TrueType hinting
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Thomas Phinney
February 20
Typeface Design
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Font Technology
Discussion specific to font technology.
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TrueType font that just contains a bitmap font
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Technique and Theory
Technique and theory of typeface design
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Swash Left Spacing
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Jamie Clarke
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Type Business
The business side of type design and font licensing.
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Monotype Nabs $1.45 Billion Debt Package for Owner Payout
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Thomas Phinney
March 18
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Type Design Critiques
Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the
Type Releases category
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(attempt at) a true reverse contrast Roman
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February 28
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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.
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Kern On—Semi Automated Kerning Plugin for Glyphs
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Typedesigner
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Punchcutting
Discussion specific to making metal type
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Creating a font editor?
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Dave Crossland
November 2023
Lettering and Calligraphy
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Technique and Theory
Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy
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PSA: A guide on how to draw a proper capital Eszett (ẞ)
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Russell McGorman
February 18
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Lettering Critiques
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Typeface Feedback
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Eryk Kosinski
January 13
Typography
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History of Typography
Discuss the history of typography here.
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What is sharp S
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John Savard
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Education
The category for those who teach design.
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‘Grand Cru Classés’ sprouting from Antwerp soil
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LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland
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Resources
The category for typographic and educational resources.
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AutoMark, fontforge script to fully automatic adding mark and anchor placements for Arabic glyphs
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aminabedi68
January 20
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Events
Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
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Devanagari One: a 5-week online course + scholarships
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Nicole Dotin
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Job Postings
Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
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Searching for a freelance font engineer/coder
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Vasil Stanev
December 2023
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Type Releases
Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
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Hamilton Light by Font Bureau
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Craig Eliason
January 30
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Miscellaneous News
Any news that doesn’t fit in other Announcements categories. Software announcements go in the software category.
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Save type designer Hasan Abu Afash from Gaza
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John Hudson
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About TypeDrawers
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TypeDrawers Announcements
Official news about TypeDrawers.com
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2024 Fundraising & Improvements.
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Vasil Stanev
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Suggestions and Bug Reports
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Edit Profile Bug
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Stephen Coles
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