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TypeDrawers
A discussion forum for professionals and enthusiasts in the fields of typeface design, lettering, and typography.
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Typeface Design
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Expand for more options.Discussion specific to font technology.
606 discussions
6.5K comments
Most recent: Diacritics for uppercase glyphs by george_thompson
January 23
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of typeface design
927 discussions
13.3K comments
Most recent: Sharp S can appear at start of word by george_thompson
January 23
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Expand for more options.The business side of type design and font licensing.
455 discussions
8K comments
Most recent: Microsoft to Choose New Default Font to Replace Calibri by Peter Constable
January 21
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Expand for more options.Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the Type Releases category.
386 discussions
7.9K comments
Most recent: Critique on Hebrew design wanted by Scott-Martin Kosofsky
8:07PM
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Expand for more options.Discussions specific to FontLab, Glyphs, AFDKO, Superpolator, Prepolator, Robofab, TTX, FontTools, UFOStretch, DTL Software, MS-Volt, Fontforge, etc.
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Expand for more options.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 2019
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Lettering and Calligraphy
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Expand for more options.Technique and theory of lettering and calligraphy
59 discussions
786 comments
Most recent: Is German Not in Need of a New Letter? by Christian Thalmann
January 10
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Expand for more options.
40 discussions
478 comments
Most recent: which is a better format to copy paste or import into font program? by Michael Jarboe
January 2
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Typography
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Expand for more options.Discuss the history of typography here.
245 discussions
2.8K comments
Most recent: The origins of letter-spaced justification by Dan Reynolds
8:24PM
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Expand for more options.The category for those who teach design.
92 discussions
1.1K comments
Most recent: Is there Math in Typography and/or Flowers? by AzizMostafa AzizAli
December 2021
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Expand for more options.The category for typographic and educational resources.
28 discussions
371 comments
Most recent: Where do I find which glyphs are required for a given language? by Johannes Neumeier
January 13
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Announcements
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Expand for more options.Announce talks, conferences, workshops, weekends, competitions, etc. here.
64 discussions
352 comments
Most recent: Practica: 14-week type design program Feb 24 — Jun 7 by Nicole Dotin
January 21
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Expand for more options.Post permanent or freelance/temporary job postings for type and lettering here.
91 discussions
485 comments
Most recent: Job Opening: Font Engineer at Typotheque by PeterBilak
December 2021
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Expand for more options.Announce new type releases here. Please do not copy/paste your marketing copy.
126 discussions
224 comments
Most recent: Teeline Fonts grand relaunch by Craig Eliason
October 2021
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Expand for more options.Any news that doesn’t fit in other Announcements categories. Software announcements go in the software category.
131 discussions
1.3K comments
Most recent: Black Friday / Xmas deals? by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.)
December 2021
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About TypeDrawers
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Expand for more options.Official news about TypeDrawers.com
50 discussions
1.2K comments
Most recent: Help Fund The Next Stage of TypeDrawers by James Hultquist-Todd
December 2021