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.

  487 discussions 10K comments Most recent: Kurum - my first attempt at Kannada by Vasil Stanev December 14
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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.

  563 discussions 7.6K comments Most recent: Fontra Pak as a snap app for Linux desktop by Dave Crossland December 9
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  Type Design Technique & Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  1.1K discussions 15.5K comments Most recent: Tabular punctuation - to add or not to add? by Igor Petrovic December 12
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  655 discussions 11K comments Most recent: Industry Letter to Copyright Office - Please Share by SCarewe December 8
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  859 discussions 9.2K comments Most recent: Variable font weight in design app works not for italics/obliques by mitradranirban December 12
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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