I made a discord server for type design discussions

Jose Dubon

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.

Tiffany Wardle

It seems a bit strange that you share this in a forum hoping to do the exact same thing. No?

Jose Dubon

Do you think it is really the same? For me discord is a bit more of a chill conversation and it could be instant.

Tiffany Wardle

They might not be the same. But the idea that we split the conversation up further seems wrong. As for chill. I feel pretty chill typing this right now to you.

Jose Dubon

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.

Mark Simonson

Well, if the problem is information scattered across multiple discussion platforms, adding another one doesn't seem like it would help.

Jose Dubon

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

People who design type don’t chat.

Dyana Weissman

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

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

I just checked out the Discord - and it was people arguing over font editors. Not a great intro to the group IMO. 

Ray Larabie

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

haha brilliant

Ramiro Espinoza

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

Would it not be possible to add a chatroom to typedrawers?

Michael Jarboe

What about those that want to chat about type design and video game RPGs at the same time?

Mark Simonson

Typophile used to have a chat feature.

James Puckett

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

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

What about a dating section?

Ray Larabie

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

Sorry, I meant TypeDrawers chat.

Andreas Stötzner

Ramiro Espinoza said:

What about a dating section?

A most sensible suggestion.
Will make some fellows moaning about that there are much less women in type than gents. Is it still so or am I wrong?