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 10K comments Most recent: Input on work in progress typeface by Thomas Phinney February 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.

  568 discussions 7.6K comments Most recent: Shift, adding another open source font editor to the mix (early alpha) by kostyafarber February 17
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  Type Design Technique & Theory

  Technique and theory of typeface design

  1.1K discussions 15.5K comments Most recent: What is the South American "satillo" in shape and use? by Chris Lozos 3:17PM
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  Type Business

  The business side of type design and font licensing.

  662 discussions 11.1K comments Most recent: AI.com was reportedly sold for 70 million USD. by Daniel Calders February 14
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  Font Technology

  Discussion specific to font technology.

  868 discussions 9.3K comments Most recent: How can I merge two (CID-Keyed) fonts using AFDKO mergefonts (or anything else) by shespoketwome February 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