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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...
Diana Varma
Apr 4, 20243 min read
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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,...
Diana Varma
Apr 3, 20241 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Mar 14, 20244 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Mar 13, 20246 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Mar 11, 20242 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Mar 8, 20242 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Mar 6, 20242 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Feb 24, 20242 min read
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174: Designing with Type for the Entertainment Industry with Chris Ellinas
My Advanced Typography class this semester dared to go where no Advanced Typography class has gone before... it was our most ambitious...
Diana Varma
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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171: Constructing Invert with Anna Khorash
In this final episode of 2024, I sit down with type designer, Anna Khorash. Anna is currently based in The Hague, Netherlands, where she...
Diana Varma
Dec 15, 20232 min read
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170: Legibility, Readability and Likeability with Eleni Beveratou, Creative Director Dalton Maag
The conversation you’re about to hear is the second episode recorded live at RGD’s DesignThinkers Toronto 2023 conference. I sat down...
Diana Varma
Dec 13, 20232 min read
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169: Fonts for a Connected World with Typotheque's Peter Bil'ak and Kevin King
For the first time in almost 170 episodes, I recorded live with guests in the same room, which was a completely new, different and...
Diana Varma
Dec 12, 20233 min read
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166: Living the Goodtype with Katie Johnson and Ilana Griffo
Next on our journey hearing from those in industry who make space for others through community-building, we have Katie Johnson and Ilana...
Diana Varma
Dec 1, 20232 min read
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164: Preserving Canada's Type History with the Canadian Typography Archives and Sam Archibald
Next on our journey hearing from those in industry who make space for others through community-building, we have the newly-launched...
Diana Varma
Nov 24, 20232 min read
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159: Barlow: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Barlow Release Date: 2007 Designer: Jeremy Tribby Classification: San-Serif Owned By: Google Font free licensed font Claim to Fame:...
Diana Varma
Oct 13, 20234 min read
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158: Lo-Res: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Lo-Res Release Date: 1985 Designer: Zuzana Licko Classification: Modular Sans-Serif Pixel Typeface Owned By: Emigre, Inc. Claim to...
Diana Varma
Oct 12, 20237 min read
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157: Impact: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Impact Release Date: 1965 Designers: Geoffrey Lee Classification: Transitional Sans Serif Display Owned By: Monotype Imagining...
Diana Varma
Oct 11, 20236 min read
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156: Untapped Typographic Potential with Oliver of Pimp My Type
Oliver of Pimp My Type is back and he’s here to talk untapped typographic potential! In this conversation, Oliver explains what...
Diana Varma
Oct 3, 20231 min read
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