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184: The 96-Layer Screen Print With Heather J.A. Thomson

Mar 274 min read

184: The 96-Layer Screen Print With Heather J.A. Thomson

In the world of commercial offset printing that I know and love, we most often print with 4-colours: cyan, magenta, yellow and black...

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169: Fonts for a Connected World with Typotheque's Peter Bil'ak and Kevin King

Diana Varma

Dec 12, 20233 min read

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...

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164: Preserving Canada's Type History with the Canadian Typography Archives and Sam Archibald

Diana Varma

Nov 24, 20232 min read

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...

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095: Olympic Design Systems with Paul Twa

Diana Varma

Feb 18, 20224 min read

095: Olympic Design Systems with Paul Twa

The 24th Winter Olympic Games are underway! Already in these Beijing 2022 games, we’ve seen acts of courage, athleticism and the coming...

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Diana Varma

May 25, 20216 min read

054: Extra Bold with Ellen Lupton

Today is a special day. It’s not every day that you have the chance to sit down and chat with one of your professional idols. “Ellen...

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053: The Digital re:Publish Project - New, Near and Next in Digital Publishing

Diana Varma

May 21, 20215 min read

053: The Digital re:Publish Project - New, Near and Next in Digital Publishing

Technology is an incredibly powerful force that shapes virtually every aspect of our lives, from transportation, to healthcare, to...

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052: The Digital re:Publish Project - What’s Possible In Publishing Through Leveraging Technology

Diana Varma

May 16, 20215 min read

052: The Digital re:Publish Project - What’s Possible In Publishing Through Leveraging Technology

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the digital publishing revolution. From the very first entry into Project...

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051: The Digital re:Publish Project - From Past to Present, 50 Years in the Making

Diana Varma

May 12, 20214 min read

051: The Digital re:Publish Project - From Past to Present, 50 Years in the Making

A few months ago I released a mini series of podcast episodes all about digital publishing. In a Charles Dickens-esque fashion we...

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045: ASMR x Talk: Reading Ch.2 The History of Print

Diana Varma

Apr 16, 20211 min read

045: ASMR x Talk: Reading Ch.2 The History of Print

In this episode, Diana softly reads Chapter 2: The History of Print from the Introduction to Graphic Communication textbook by Harvey...

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044: Zapfino Arabic with Nadine Chahine: An Incomplete History of Type

Diana Varma

Apr 10, 20213 min read

044: Zapfino Arabic with Nadine Chahine: An Incomplete History of Type

Name: Zapfino Arabic Release Date: 2014 Designer: Nadine Chahine Classification: Calligraphic Owned By: Linotype Claim to Fame: This...

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043: Freight: An Incomplete History of Type

Diana Varma

Apr 10, 20214 min read

043: Freight: An Incomplete History of Type

Name: Freight Release Date: 2005 Designers: Joshua Darden and GarageFont Design Classification: Humanist Owned By: Phil’s Fonts Inc....

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042: Gotham: An Incomplete History of Type

Diana Varma

Apr 5, 20217 min read

042: Gotham: An Incomplete History of Type

Name: Gotham Release Date: 2000 Designers: Tobias Frere-Jones Classification: Geometric sans serif Owned By: Hoefler&Co. Claim to Fame:...

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041: We Meet Again, Comic Sans: An Incomplete History of Type

Diana Varma

Mar 25, 20213 min read

041: We Meet Again, Comic Sans: An Incomplete History of Type

Name: Comic Sans Release Date: 1994 Designers: Vincent Connare Classification: Sans serif script Owned By: Microsoft Corporation Claim to...

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040: Wingdings: An Incomplete History of Type

Diana Varma

Mar 24, 20213 min read

040: Wingdings: An Incomplete History of Type

Name: Wingdings Release Date: 1990 Designers: Charles Bigelow & Kris Holmes Classification: Dingbats Owned By: Bigelow & Holmes,...

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039: Papyrus: An Incomplete History of Type

Diana Varma

Mar 10, 20216 min read

039: Papyrus: An Incomplete History of Type

Name: Papyrus Release Date: 1982 Designer: Chris Costello Classification: Fantasy Owned By: Letraset Claim to Fame: Used and abused in...

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038: ITC Zapf Chancery: An Incomplete History of Type

Diana Varma

Mar 9, 20215 min read

038: ITC Zapf Chancery: An Incomplete History of Type

Name: ITC Zapf Chancery Release Date: 1979 Designer: Hermann Zapf Classification: Script Owned By: Linotype Claim to Fame: The first and...

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036: Futura: An Incomplete History of Type

Diana Varma

Feb 25, 20214 min read

036: Futura: An Incomplete History of Type

Name: Futura Release Date: 1927 Designer: Paul Renner Classification: Geometric Sans Serif Owned By: The Bauer Type Foundry Claim to...

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035: Blackletter: An Incomplete History of Type

Diana Varma

Feb 24, 20218 min read

035: Blackletter: An Incomplete History of Type

From type tales to type fails, this is the first in a 10-part series of an incomplete history of type. By exploring the history of type...

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Diana Varma

Feb 13, 202115 min read

032: Digital Publishing's Past

Like Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, whose past, present and future spirits arrive on Christmas Eve to show him a...

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024: Saving the World, One Typeface at a Time

Diana Varma

Nov 30, 20206 min read

024: Saving the World, One Typeface at a Time

Some typefaces are designed to be legible, others to be beautiful, others to be odd, eccentric and quirky. But some typefaces are...

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