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.

814 discussions 8.7K comments Most recent: AFP fonts from OpenType by Martin Wenzel March 5
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Technique and Theory

Technique and theory of typeface design

1.1K discussions 15K comments Most recent: Florin vs Latin small letter F with Hook U+0192 by John Savard 7:06PM
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Type Business

The business side of type design and font licensing.

629 discussions 10.8K comments Most recent: Recommendations on building a foundry website by James Puckett March 14
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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 John Savard March 13
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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.

548 discussions 7.4K comments Most recent: SuffixAutomator for one-to-one substitutions by Michael Rafailyk March 12
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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 John Savard March 12
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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.

73 discussions 787 comments Most recent: Resources about Chinese Type Design by chenweifa March 13
Announcements
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Events

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

82 discussions 425 comments Most recent: Enterprise Sales + other font production & design courses at ILT Academy by Nadine Chahine March 10
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Job Postings

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

107 discussions 639 comments Most recent: Searching for a type developer by Vasil Stanev March 10
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Type Releases

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

153 discussions 249 comments Most recent: Skeena Indigenous by John Hudson March 11
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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 Denis Moyogo Jacquerye March 7
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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