Typeface Design

Discussions pertaining to the design of typefaces.

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  Type Design Critiques

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

  478 discussions 9.8K comments Most recent: Feedback for a display typeface by tersaniko July 13
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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.

  556 discussions 7.5K comments Most recent: Fontra Pak as a snap app for Linux desktop by mitradranirban July 17
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  Type Design Technique & Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  1.1K discussions 15.3K comments Most recent: How to assess what optical size(s) a given type style is intended for? by PabloImpallari July 16
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  643 discussions 10.9K comments Most recent: 3D + Typeface Promotion (a survey) by Brian Dove July 18
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  833 discussions 9K comments Most recent: Which is the best free font editor? by Dave Crossland July 18
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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 2019