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.
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.
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.
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.Â
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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I will probably not bother going back, much. TypeDrawers is good.
Will make some fellows moaning about that there are much less women in type than gents. Is it still so or am I wrong?