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Diana Varma
Dec 18, 20242 min read
223: Delicious Web Typography with Oliver Schöndorfer of Pimp My Type
Welcome to the final stop on our international tour with guests from across the pond (and the final episode of 2024!). We’re headed to...
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Diana Varma
Dec 11, 20241 min read
220: Women of Type with Jess Goldsmith
Today I have with me Jess Goldsmith , founder of Women of Type ! Jess is an internationally recognized and award-winning lettering artist...
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Diana Varma
Dec 2, 20242 min read
219: Expanding Raleway to Support Accessible Tech with Michael Young
Welcome back! This episode was recorded a couple of weeks ago while at DesignThinkers Toronto 2024, Canada’s largest graphic design...
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Diana Varma
Nov 25, 20243 min read
218: Live From DesignThinkers Toronto with Carl Shura!
This episode was recorded a couple of weeks ago, Live from DesignThinkers Toronto 2024, Canada’s largest graphic design conference. This...
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Diana Varma
Nov 8, 20241 min read
216: Barns, Gumbo and Scriptoriums with Type Designer, Matthijs Herzberg
In this episode, I sit down with an incredible type designer to talk about his process, his letters and ultimately, barns, gumbo and...
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Diana Varma
Oct 9, 20242 min read
212: Type Talk with Peter Ha
It’s Peter! Peter Ha is a designer, artist and educator. He is a co-founder of Equal Parts Studio, a Toronto-based contemporary graphic...
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Diana Varma
Sep 23, 20242 min read
210: Play, Passion Projects and Butts with Sophie Elinor Brown
Welcome to a fun deep dive into typography, play, passion projects and butts, with self-proclaimed Type Dork, Sophie Elinor Brown! Sophie...
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Diana Varma
May 3, 20242 min read
191: Emerging Typeface Designers Max Berardi & Cecilia Ly
It's become a Talk Paper Scissors tradition to feature the incredible work of up-and-coming typeface designers in this space (check out...
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Diana Varma
Apr 30, 20243 min read
190:Experimentation, Iteration & Democratization in Font Creation with with Franz Hoffman of Fontself
One of my favourite things is connecting with someone around a shared passion, whether in-person or virtually, whether locally or...
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Diana Varma
Apr 17, 20242 min read
189: Designing Variable Type with That That Harbor Bickmore
Today’s guest is the best designer in the world! [Source: his website, TheBestDesignerInTheWorld.com] His name is Harbor Bickmore and he...
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Diana Varma
Apr 4, 20243 min read
186: Typefaces of Toronto with Jeremy Gladstone
There are few things more typographically satisfying than recognizing type in the wild. Gotham over here, Futura over there, Helvetica...
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Diana Varma
Apr 3, 20241 min read
185: Constraint and Consistency with Ben O'Neil
I love a new and innovative typography project when I see one! I recently came across the work of Illustrator and Designer, Ben O’Neil,...
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Diana Varma
Mar 15, 20242 min read
182: Arial: An Incomplete History of Type
From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer...
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Diana Varma
Mar 14, 20244 min read
181: Myriad: An Incomplete History of Type
From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer...
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Diana Varma
Mar 13, 20246 min read
180: Baskerville: An Incomplete History of Type
From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer...
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Diana Varma
Mar 11, 20242 min read
179: Luxurious Letterforms with David Soto
This is the sixth (bonus!) episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with type professionals from all over the world! We just...
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Diana Varma
Mar 8, 20242 min read
178: Aligning Type and Aligning Values with Melanie Johnsson
This is the fifth episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with type professionals from all over the world! We just finished up...
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Diana Varma
Mar 6, 20242 min read
177: Chalk Paper Scissors with Andrea Cataro
This is the fourth episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with type professionals from all over the world! We just finished...
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Diana Varma
Feb 28, 20242 min read
176: Nigerian Type Perspectives with Jordan Belonwu
This is the third episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with type professionals from all over the world! We just finished up...
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Diana Varma
Feb 24, 20242 min read
175: Alllllllll the Alphabets with Chris Rouleau
This is the second episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with type professionals from all over the world! We just finished...
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