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Nov 22, 20208 min read

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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