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.
478 discussions 9.8K comments Most recent: Feedback for a display typeface by Thomas Phinney July 12
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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: 6 different widths – not displayed by order by Dusan Jelesijevic July 5
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Technique and theory of typeface design
1.1K discussions 15.3K comments Most recent: Ultramodernity & Hypermodernity in Typeface Design by Ray Larabie 2:50AM
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The business side of type design and font licensing.
641 discussions 10.9K comments Most recent: Recommendations on building a foundry website by mitradranirban July 12
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Discussion specific to font technology.
832 discussions 9K comments Most recent: What AI tools does the font community need? by Thomas Phinney July 12
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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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