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.

  489 discussions 9.9K comments Most recent: Feedback for my first variable typeface by Craig Eliason March 25
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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.

  572 discussions 7.6K comments Most recent: New algorithm: Italify – optically corrected obliques by Typedesigner 2:59PM
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  Type Design Technique & Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  1.1K discussions 15K comments Most recent: Best practices for multi-script families by Florian Hardwig 9:34AM
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  658 discussions 10.9K comments Most recent: Where's my 1099 at MyFonts? by Scott-Martin Kosofsky March 25
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  870 discussions 9.3K comments Most recent: Hinting Variable Fonts by Simon Cozens March 24
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  Punchcutting

  Discussion specific to making metal type

  29 discussions 138 comments Most recent: Drawing the movement: Nelly Gable's book on punchcutting by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland September 2019