I am done with Typedrawers.

James Puckett

I am no longer interested in running Typedrawers. If someone else wants to take over please speak up. If nobody else takes over I will shut the site down by the end of the year.

Santiago Orozco

I’ll gladly help!

SiDaniels

Would you want whoever takes over to keep it running as an independent effort, or would you be open to handing over the keys to a commercial entity, eg. FontLab or Monotype, that has an interest in seeing a continued spam-free dialog between typeface designers?

Ramiro Espinoza

Please keep TD a site for the debate and exchange of independent type designers. If this place becomes a forum sponsored by corporations, I think I will leave as well.

James Puckett

Stephen Coles has stepped up. I’ll be transferring control to him this week.

Thanks, Stewf.

Ermin Međedović

Yes, thanks Stewf.

Kent Lew

We’ll be in equally good hands with Stephen.

James — Thanks for starting TypeDrawers and for your ongoing stewardship.

Mark Simonson

Yeah, thanks James.

Chris Lozos

Thanks, James for building this place!

George Thomas

TypeDrawers has become an interesting and valuable resource for many, and thanks go to James for starting it in the first place. I don't know his reasons for letting go of it, but many thanks to Stephen Coles for taking on the job of continuing it and for stepping up so promptly.

Marc Oxborrow

James, thanks for creating something that has given me a ton of pleasure, insight and information since its inception. I'm relieved and excited that it will continue under Stephen's stewardship (stewf-ardship?).

James Puckett

I don't know his reasons for letting go of it…

It’s not a big deal, and there are multiple reasons. But at times I find Typedrawers tiresome. I started Typedrawers because the mods of another forum had clearly become tired of running it and wouldn’t let go. I purposely set up Typedrawers on Vanilla so that I could give it away when the time came. I’m sure this will happen a few times in the future, and that will keep the place vibrant, which is good for everybody.

William Berkson

Thanks James, for building and moderating this, and Stephen for taking it on!

Jacques Le Bailly

Thanks James, thanks Stephen.

Jason Campbell

Thanks James and Stephen.

However this reminds me of Jason Scott's talk of last Friday at Brooklyn Beta. He spoke about how we are relying on things in the cloud to be there and how they can easily disappear (think Geocities). There's some threads here that really deserve at least a wiki entry somewhere. Just a thought.

Thierry Blancpain

Thank you James for building it, and Stephen for taking on stephwardship!

Lucas Leo Catalano

Thanks James and Stephen!
TypeDrawers has been a huge help. Every discussion has been a sort of lesson to me.

Charles Borges de Oliveira

Thanks James. I enjoy TypeDrawers daily. Thanks Stephen for keeping it alive.

Michael Jarboe

Thanks James and Stephen.

Stephen Coles

Thanks to James for entrusting me with his virtual baby. I’ll do my best.

For now, there will be no major changes to the official rules. I’ll let you know if I need to make adjustments, but I intend to preserve TypeDrawers’ core mission, which is to provide a well-moderated forum for typographic professionals and enthusiasts.

Carry on.

Max Phillips

We owe you a debt of thanks, James. You built something good.

And we're going to owe you a debt of thanks, Stephen.

StephenRapp

Glad Stewf was willing to do it. Also, I'm glad that you took the initiative to start it James. I'm not as active as many, but I do like to pop in and see what's up. So thanks for all your work.
Stephen

Jan Schmoeger

Thanks, James. It was a marvellous effort on your part.

Tamye Riggs

Thanks you for all the effort you've put into Typedrawers, James, and to Stephen, who I know will do a fine job carrying on. We need an active venue for thoughtful discussion.

Dave Crossland

Thanks James and Stephen!!

Nick Shinn

When is my fee due?

James Puckett

Thanks for all of the kind words. I’m sure Stephen will do an excellent job with Typedrawers.

Stephen Coles

“When is my fee due?”

There is no obligation. Just send whenever and whatever you wish.

Maurice Meilleur

Thanks to James for providing a great alternative (replacement) for Typophile, and to Stephen for putting yet another iron in the fire to keep TD up and running.

Eris Alar

Late to this party but yes, thanks James for creating and working so hard on this site, and congrats to Stewf! Huzzah's all around!

Thomas Phinney

Thanks, Stewf!