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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...

Diana Varma
Dec 15, 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...

Diana Varma
Dec 13, 20232 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...

Diana Varma
Dec 12, 20233 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...

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
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