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Diana Varma
Feb 24, 20242 min read
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...
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Diana Varma
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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...
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Diana Varma
Dec 15, 20232 min read
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...
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Diana Varma
Dec 13, 20232 min read
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...
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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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Diana Varma
Dec 1, 20232 min read
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...
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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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Diana Varma
Oct 13, 20234 min read
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:...
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Diana Varma
Oct 12, 20237 min read
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...
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Diana Varma
Oct 11, 20236 min read
157: Impact: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Impact Release Date: 1965 Designers: Geoffrey Lee Classification: Transitional Sans Serif Display Owned By: Monotype Imagining...
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Diana Varma
Oct 3, 20231 min read
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...
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Diana Varma
May 30, 20232 min read
146: Emerging Typeface Designers Nicole Galindo & Cameron Mady
It's become a Talk Paper Scissors tradition to feature the incredible work of up-and-coming typeface designers in this space (check out...
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Diana Varma
Apr 28, 20232 min read
142: Aurelie Maron, Lettering Artist
This year’s Advanced Typography class at Toronto Metropolitan University had the chance to chat with talented lettering artist and...
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Diana Varma
Apr 19, 20231 min read
141: Jorge Gomez of The Money Studio
This year’s Advanced Typography class at Toronto Metropolitan University had the chance to sit down with two talented voices in type, the...
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Diana Varma
Dec 13, 20222 min read
134: Pairing Type with Oliver of Pimp My Type
What do you get when you pair an Austrian type geek with a Canadian type nerd? Answer: Episode 134 of Talk Paper Scissors (talking all...
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Diana Varma
Oct 27, 20222 min read
130: Graphic Design is Fun Meets Talk Paper Scissors
Dan Alan is a Canadian graphic designer specializing in brand identity design. Passionate about all things design and typography, Dan's...
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Diana Varma
Oct 25, 20221 min read
129: Geometos: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Geometos Neue Release Date: 2017 Designers: Depak Dogra Classification: Sans Serif Owned By: Graphite Claim to Fame: Futuristic...
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Diana Varma
Oct 24, 20224 min read
128: Proxima Nova: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Proxima Nova Release Date: 2005 Designer: Mark Simonson Classification: Geometric Sans Serif Owned By: Mark Simonson Studio Claim...
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Diana Varma
Oct 14, 20221 min read
127: ITC Benguiat: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: ITC Benguiat Release Date: 1977 Designers: Ed Benguiat Classification: Serif Display Owned By: International Typeface Corporation...
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Diana Varma
Oct 6, 20224 min read
126: Times New Roman: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Times New Roman Release Date: 1932 Designers: Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent Classification: Mixed Transitional Old-Style...
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