TypeDrawers

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  Introductions

  5 discussions 22 comments Most recent: hello typedrawers, by donat raetzo on September 19 September 19
• Typeface Design
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  383 discussions 4.3K comments Most recent: 30th anniversary of TrueType by Nick Shinn on 4:19AM 4:19AM
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  794 discussions 10.9K comments Most recent: Glyphs extensions for fonts containing basic western set by Andreas Stötzner on September 18 September 18
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  319 discussions 5.9K comments Most recent: Royalties Agreement by Francisco Torres on 12:22AM 12:22AM
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  Type Design Critiques

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

  299 discussions 6.3K comments Most recent: Elemaints - A Serif Family with Optical Sizes by Daniel Benjamin Miller on September 21 September 21
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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.

  415 discussions 5.7K comments Most recent: Combining marks advance width by Nick Shinn on 6:45PM 6:45PM
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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 on September 20 September 20
• Lettering and Calligraphy
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy

  39 discussions 528 comments Most recent: The M formula... by Adam Jagosz on September 12 September 12
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  Lettering Critiques

  24 discussions 294 comments Most recent: Sans Logotype Critique by Claudio Piccinini on August 27 August 27
• Typography
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  History of Typography

  Discuss the history of typography here.

  164 discussions 1.8K comments Most recent: Reason for this kind of double quotation marks by John Savard on September 18 September 18
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  Education

  The category for those who teach design.

  71 discussions 864 comments Most recent: Typography Summer School (University of Antwerp) by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland on September 14 September 14
• Announcements
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  Events

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

  59 discussions 333 comments Most recent: Arabic Design Contest by AzizMostafa on September 19 September 19
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  Job Postings

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

  69 discussions 274 comments Most recent: Bank Gothic Variable Font / FontLab VI by Thomas Phinney on August 26 August 26
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  Type Releases

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

  104 discussions 195 comments Most recent: I finally got my new fonts done!!! Versatile. by Niche. on August 23 August 23
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  Miscellaneous News

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

  117 discussions 1.1K comments Most recent: In memoriam: Wim Crouwel (1928–2019) by Theunis de Jong on September 19 September 19
• About TypeDrawers
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  TypeDrawers Announcements

  Official news about TypeDrawers.com

  41 discussions 1K comments Most recent: Changes To Reactions Redux by Dyana Weissman on June 21 June 21
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  Suggestions and Bug Reports

  77 discussions 789 comments Most recent: Make textbox more WYSIWYG by Dyana Weissman on 1:25PM 1:25PM