TypeDrawers

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  Introductions

  1 discussion 4 comments Most recent: Self introduction: my name is Kern, yes James Kern =8^)> by John Savard on September 30 September 30
• Typeface Design
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  237 discussions 2.6K comments Most recent: Any good auto kerning tools? by Thomas Phinney on October 15 October 15
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  720 discussions 9.8K comments Most recent: “French” apostrophe? by Nick Shinn on October 15 October 15
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  276 discussions 5.2K comments Most recent: Font copyright law changes coming to U.S. by John Savard on October 12 October 12
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  Type Design Critiques

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

  263 discussions 5.2K comments Most recent: Bugazoo letterbat by Samuil Simonov on October 15 October 15
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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.

  386 discussions 5.2K comments Most recent: Open sourcing VTT by John Hudson on October 7 October 7
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  Punchcutting

  Discussion specific to making metal type

  27 discussions 106 comments Most recent: Rosin (colophonium) solution to make the soot transfer easier by Ramiro Espinoza on August 4 August 4
• Lettering and Calligraphy
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy

  34 discussions 463 comments Most recent: More information on using Contextual Substitutions. by Kent Lew on October 12 October 12
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  Lettering Critiques

  20 discussions 215 comments Most recent: A music app logotype critique by Cory Maylett on October 2 October 2
• Typography
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  History of Typography

  Discuss the history of typography here.

  141 discussions 1.5K comments Most recent: Monotype Series 72–74 by Wei Huang on 12:27AM 12:27AM
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  Education

  The category for those who teach design.

  63 discussions 775 comments Most recent: Master's degree in typeface design - where to go? by Hrant H. Papazian on October 12 October 12
• Announcements
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  Events

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

  54 discussions 301 comments Most recent: Type Jam - A hackathon for Fonts by Ofir Shavit on August 1 August 1
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  Job Postings

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

  55 discussions 190 comments Most recent: looking for internship by Valentino Coppi on October 4 October 4
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  Type Releases

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

  89 discussions 186 comments Most recent: A Bit of a 1920s Pastiche by Michael Vokits on October 10 October 10
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  Miscellaneous News

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

  103 discussions 894 comments Most recent: Updike Prize for Student Type Design by Dyana Weissman on September 12 September 12
• About TypeDrawers
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  TypeDrawers Announcements

  Official news about TypeDrawers.com

  40 discussions 982 comments Most recent: Donate to TypeDrawers (2018 Edition) by Andreas Frohloff on October 8 October 8
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  Suggestions and Bug Reports

  72 discussions 683 comments Most recent: Navigating caret with Ctrl+arrow by Adam Jagosz on September 26 September 26