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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


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


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


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


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


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


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...

Diana Varma
May 30, 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...

Diana Varma
Apr 28, 20232 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...

Diana Varma
Apr 19, 20231 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...

Diana Varma
Dec 13, 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...

Diana Varma
Oct 27, 20222 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...

Diana Varma
Oct 25, 20221 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...

Diana Varma
Oct 24, 20224 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...

Diana Varma
Oct 14, 20221 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...

Diana Varma
Oct 6, 20224 min read


125: Gill Sans: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Gill Sans Release Date: 1928 Designer: Eric Gill Classification: Humanist Sans-Serif Owned By: Monotype Claim to Fame: Typeface for...

Diana Varma
Sep 24, 20225 min read


124: Bodoni: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Bodoni Release Date: 1798 Designers: Giambattista Bodoni Classification: Modern Serif Script Owned By: Linotype Claim to Fame: One...

Diana Varma
Sep 9, 20222 min read


123: Didot: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Didot Release Date: Between 1784 and 1811 Designer: Firmin Didot Classification: Modern Serif Owned By: Various type foundries,...

Diana Varma
Sep 2, 20225 min read


115: Font Futures: Indigenous Syllabic Type Revitalization with Kevin King
I love and admire the work produced by the folks at The Weekly Typographic podcast. Their weekly emails are one of the few emails I...

Diana Varma
Jun 16, 20224 min read


114: Font Futures: Variable Font Technology with Charles Nix of Monotype
I was first introduced to the work of Charles Nix, Type Director at Monotype, years ago through a LinkedIn Learning course he created...

Diana Varma
Jun 15, 20223 min read
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