I made a discord server for type design discussions

Jose Dubon
Jose Dubon Posts: 7
edited September 2018 in TypeDrawers Announcements
Here is the link if you wanna join.

I made this cause all the info for type design is scattered in so many forums, and would like to have all designers chat in a single place see what comes out of it.
please share this link with designers that could be interested in this.
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  • Tiffany Wardle
    Tiffany Wardle Posts: 245
    It seems a bit strange that you share this in a forum hoping to do the exact same thing. No?
  • Jose Dubon
    Jose Dubon Posts: 7
    edited September 2018
    Do you think it is really the same? For me discord is a bit more of a chill conversation and it could be instant.
  • Jose Dubon
    Jose Dubon Posts: 7
    Idk maybe is just me, this forum seems a bit formal. I don't see nothing wrong with creating a chat if people want to talk.
  • Jose Dubon
    Jose Dubon Posts: 7
    edited September 2018
    I don't feel like I am taking away from this forum, just making a chat so people who design type can chat if they want to chat... Maybe I expressed myself wrongly by saying how it was scattered.
  • Andreas Stötzner
    Andreas Stötzner Posts: 798
    People who design type don’t chat.
  • Dyana Weissman
    Dyana Weissman Posts: 331
    I chat with other type designers all the time. If we can't be in the same room, often it is the most efficient way to get feedback and solve problems. 
  • Eris Alar
    Eris Alar Posts: 455
    Slack is also great, I find discord a bit much so tend to not use it other than with an RPG group I play with (we use the voice chat while playing). I agree that forums like this are inherently more formal, partly because the info is very public and as long-lasting as the forum. Chats on the other hand are more casual and transient. I think there is space for both, if users want there to be :-D
  • Eris Alar
    Eris Alar Posts: 455
    I just checked out the Discord - and it was people arguing over font editors. Not a great intro to the group IMO. 
  • Ray Larabie
    Ray Larabie Posts: 1,435
    Discord isn't a chat app that's going to attract a design crowd. If chat clients could wear hats, Discord would sport a backwards baseball cap.
  • Eris Alar
    Eris Alar Posts: 455
    haha brilliant

  • Ramiro Espinoza
    Ramiro Espinoza Posts: 839
    I still miss the times when Typophile had a chat room and I could chat with the members who were online. It never worked very well, but it was fun anyway.
  • Jasper de Waard
    Jasper de Waard Posts: 641
    Would it not be possible to add a chatroom to typedrawers?
  • Michael Jarboe
    Michael Jarboe Posts: 265
    What about those that want to chat about type design and video game RPGs at the same time?
  • Mark Simonson
    Mark Simonson Posts: 1,739
    Typophile used to have a chat feature.
  • James Puckett
    James Puckett Posts: 1,998
    Jasper de Waard said:
    Would it not be possible to add a chatroom to typedrawers?
    Adding chat would be hard. The forum would have to migrate to a different hosting service to add chat features. That might require that James and Tiffany put in a lot more work managing the site.
  • Thomas Phinney
    Thomas Phinney Posts: 2,896
    I tried the Discord server. The main chat going on was an argument between a 14-year-old and a slightly more serious type designer. All using pseudonyms, IIRC.

    I will probably not bother going back, much. TypeDrawers is good.
  • Ramiro Espinoza
    Ramiro Espinoza Posts: 839
    What about a dating section? :D
  • Ray Larabie
    Ray Larabie Posts: 1,435
    I bailed out. But I think a Typophile chat sounds fun. There are lots of existing chat clients so there's no need to create something from scratch. Just decide on a place and make a room. I use WeChat, Line and Discord myself but I think a web based chat would be better as nobody would be required to install yet another app.
  • Ray Larabie
    Ray Larabie Posts: 1,435
    Sorry, I meant TypeDrawers chat.
  • Andreas Stötzner
    Andreas Stötzner Posts: 798
    Ramiro Espinoza said:
    What about a dating section? :D
    A most sensible suggestion. B)
    Will make some fellows moaning about that there are much less women in type than gents. Is it still so or am I wrong?

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