TypeDrawers

A discussion forum for professionals and enthusiasts in the fields of typeface design, lettering, and typography.

Category List

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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.

  815 discussions 8.7K comments Most recent: Creative Fabrica - AI Font Generator by Cristóbal Alarcón April 9
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  Technique and Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  1.1K discussions 15K comments Most recent: Regarding the new Saudi riyal currency symbol by leksendesign April 9
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  633 discussions 10.8K comments Most recent: Pricing a limited font? by John Hudson 2:10AM
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  Type Design Critiques

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

  450 discussions 9.5K comments Most recent: Elemaints - A Serif Family with Optical Sizes by John Butler April 10
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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.

  549 discussions 7.4K comments Most recent: Free open source tool for making color font by mitradranirban April 10
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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

  85 discussions 1.1K comments Most recent: Hook styles on Ƙ Ƴ ƴ by Craig Eliason April 7
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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.

  308 discussions 3.4K comments Most recent: Ornamented 1063 by John Savard April 4
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  Education

  The category for those who teach design.

  117 discussions 1.4K comments Most recent: Calling all aspiring font designers! by Tofu Type Foundry April 10
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  Resources

  The category for typographic and educational resources.

  74 discussions 789 comments Most recent: Resources about Chinese Type Design by chenweifa March 18
• Announcements
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  Events

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

  82 discussions 429 comments Most recent: Announcing Font Business Conference 2025 - call for proposals by Thomas Phinney April 14
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  Job Postings

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

  107 discussions 640 comments Most recent: Searching for a type developer by Vasil Stanev March 28
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  Type Releases

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

  156 discussions 249 comments Most recent: New ATC Site by christian_avondaletype April 8
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  Miscellaneous News

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

  167 discussions 1.7K comments Most recent: Ray Cruz (RIP) by Florian Hardwig April 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