TypeDrawers

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  Introductions

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

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  397 discussions 4.4K comments Most recent: Microsoft Visual TrueType Version 6.32 release [October, 2019] by Viktor Rubenko November 15
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  806 discussions 11.1K comments Most recent: The design process by Chris Lozos 4:23AM
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  330 discussions 5.9K comments Most recent: MVP / request based typeface? by Adam Ladd November 12
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  Type Design Critiques

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

  305 discussions 6.3K comments Most recent: Hungry for seasoned advice on my first sans by Adam Jagosz November 16
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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.

  419 discussions 5.7K comments Most recent: Sort multiple-mapping sequentially in FontLab by Thomas Phinney November 10
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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 September 20
• Lettering and Calligraphy
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy

  40 discussions 533 comments Most recent: Source for Gerrit Noordzij drawing? by Thomas Phinney September 26
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  Lettering Critiques

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

  Discuss the history of typography here.

  171 discussions 1.9K comments Most recent: Dry Transfer Lettering — Germany — perhaps circa 1970 ? by Mark Simonson November 16
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  Education

  The category for those who teach design.

  73 discussions 892 comments Most recent: Reflections on Type and Typography [Related Matters] by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland November 7
• Announcements
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  Events

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

  60 discussions 334 comments Most recent: Alphabetica 2019 — Den Haag, Saturday November 23 by Christian Thalmann November 16
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  Job Postings

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

  72 discussions 277 comments Most recent: Looking for Font Engineer by Mike Duggan October 31
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  Type Releases

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

  105 discussions 195 comments Most recent: This beast is finally done. Announcing Albireo. by Cory Maylett October 9
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  Miscellaneous News

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

  119 discussions 1.2K comments Most recent: Typedesign and science, or: look at what I made! by Thomas Phinney November 7
• About TypeDrawers
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  TypeDrawers Announcements

  Official news about TypeDrawers.com

  41 discussions 1K comments Most recent: Meet the Moderators by Robert Martin Campbell October 28
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  Suggestions and Bug Reports

  77 discussions 796 comments Most recent: Hiding posts from specific users by Marc Oxborrow October 7