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240: Lora: An Incomplete History of Type
Lora is a well-balanced contemporary serif with roots in calligraphy. It is a text typeface with moderate contrast that is well-suited...
Diana Varma
Mar 283 min read
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239: Eurostile: 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...
Diana Varma
Mar 275 min read
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238: Abhaya Libre: 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...
Diana Varma
Mar 263 min read
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237: Lexend: 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...
Diana Varma
Mar 255 min read
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236: Georgia: 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...
Diana Varma
Mar 243 min read
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235: Looking Past the Brush with Koy Suntichotinun
Welcome back! This is the fifth and final episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of design and...
Diana Varma
Mar 212 min read
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234: Baselines and Basslines with Jamie Chang of Manic Type
Welcome back! This is the fourth episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of design and typography pros...
Diana Varma
Mar 182 min read
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233: A Legacy in Lettering with Jessica Hische
Welcome back - I’m so glad you’re here. This is the third episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of...
Diana Varma
Mar 132 min read
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232: Lettering, Signs and Graphic Design with Chris Rouleau
Welcome back! This is the second episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of design and typography pros...
Diana Varma
Mar 112 min read
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224: The Signs That Define Toronto with Kurt Kraler
Welcome back after our winter break! Over the coming months, I have an exciting line up of people I’m speaking to about creativity,...
Diana Varma
Feb 102 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Dec 11, 20241 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Dec 2, 20242 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Oct 9, 20242 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Sep 23, 20242 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
May 3, 20242 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Apr 30, 20243 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Apr 17, 20242 min read
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