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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The business side of type design and font licensing.622 discussions 10.6K comments Most recent: Recommendations on building a foundry website by Igor Petrovic 4:24PM
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Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the Type Releases category.446 discussions 9.4K comments Most recent: "Medieval" Titillium (an experiment) by Yves Michel 10:00AM
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Discussions specific to FontLab, Glyphs, AFDKO, Superpolator, Prepolator, Robofab, TTX, FontTools, UFOStretch, DTL Software, MS-Volt, Fontforge, etc.543 discussions 7.4K comments Most recent: How to merge multiple ttx files by mitradranirban January 18
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Lettering and Calligraphy
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Typography
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Discuss the history of typography here.304 discussions 3.4K comments Most recent: Identifying the fonts of the movie The Hunt for Red October by Stephen Coles January 6
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Announcements
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Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.80 discussions 421 comments Most recent: Latin Two: 16-week type design course starting Jan 15, 2025 by Nicole Dotin December 2024
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Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.105 discussions 628 comments Most recent: OUP is seeking a Global Fonts Manager by John Savard June 2024
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Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.149 discussions 249 comments Most recent: New Tiro Typeworks website and type releases by John Hudson January 6
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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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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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