Typeface Design
Discussions pertaining to the design of typefaces.
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Honest and constructive feedback from other professionals. For release announcements, use the Type Releases category.
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Discussions specific to FontLab, Glyphs, AFDKO, Superpolator, Prepolator, Robofab, TTX, FontTools, UFOStretch, DTL Software, MS-Volt, Fontforge, etc.
560 discussions 7.6K comments Most recent: What’s happening with FontBakery? Is Fontspector the future? by John Savard September 16
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Technique and theory of typeface design
1.1K discussions 15.4K comments Most recent: Are these enough nodes to draw up an oval with just 2 points? Nothing to do with hinting by Ray Larabie September 16
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The business side of type design and font licensing.
649 discussions 11K comments Most recent: An Interesting Case of (Mis)Appropiation of a font for Trademark by Thomas Phinney September 8
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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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