023: Typecast
From The Great Gatsby, to Monsters, Inc., to The Godfather, typography has a significant role to play in film. From typefaces on movie...
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Diana Varma
Nov 15, 20209 min read
022: Epic Ampersand
The ampersand (you know, the ‘and’ symbol) might be my absolute favourite glyph. Ampersands are expressive, they’re classic, they’re...
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Diana Varma
Nov 7, 202015 min read
019: Toronto Typography: Sports Edition
We’ve got the Leafs, we’ve got the Jays, we’ve got the Toronto FC, and we’ve got the Raptors. Today we’re talking Toronto sports... with...
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Diana Varma
Oct 22, 20208 min read
017: Hashtag Octothorpe
The octothorpe. Sometimes it’s referred to as a number sign, sometimes the pound sign and sometimes the hash sign (popular in Britain as...
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Diana Varma
Oct 19, 202011 min read
016: Hyphenate It
Hyphens. (So this is what Talk Paper Scissors has come to…) A teeny tiny straight line. The simplest typographic mark there is. Nothing...
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Diana Varma
Oct 2, 20205 min read
013: Extreme Type
Today’s episode is one that looks at extremes. Huge type, tiny type and everything in between live here. But before we get to the fun...
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Diana Varma
Feb 6, 20206 min read
005: The Evolution of Branding
Branding has evolved significantly since the first-ever brand registered in the United States almost 150 years ago (Bass & Co. Beer)....
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Diana Varma
Dec 6, 20196 min read
004: Gutenberg
It was a warm spring day in the town of Mainz, Germany where rays of sun danced around the clouds that cast shadows on the ground. There...
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