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Diana Varma
Mar 15, 20242 min read
182: Arial: An Incomplete History of Type
From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer...
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Diana Varma
Mar 14, 20244 min read
181: Myriad: An Incomplete History of Type
From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer...
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Diana Varma
Mar 13, 20246 min read
180: Baskerville: An Incomplete History of Type
From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer...
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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 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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Diana Varma
Sep 24, 20225 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...
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Diana Varma
Sep 9, 20222 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...
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Diana Varma
Sep 2, 20225 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,...
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Diana Varma
Apr 10, 20213 min read
044: Zapfino Arabic with Nadine Chahine: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Zapfino Arabic Release Date: 2014 Designer: Nadine Chahine Classification: Calligraphic Owned By: Linotype Claim to Fame: This...
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Diana Varma
Apr 10, 20214 min read
043: Freight: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Freight Release Date: 2005 Designers: Joshua Darden and GarageFont Design Classification: Humanist Owned By: Phil’s Fonts Inc....
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Diana Varma
Apr 5, 20217 min read
042: Gotham: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Gotham Release Date: 2000 Designers: Tobias Frere-Jones Classification: Geometric sans serif Owned By: Hoefler&Co. Claim to Fame:...
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Diana Varma
Mar 25, 20213 min read
041: We Meet Again, Comic Sans: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Comic Sans Release Date: 1994 Designers: Vincent Connare Classification: Sans serif script Owned By: Microsoft Corporation Claim to...
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Diana Varma
Mar 24, 20213 min read
040: Wingdings: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Wingdings Release Date: 1990 Designers: Charles Bigelow & Kris Holmes Classification: Dingbats Owned By: Bigelow & Holmes,...
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Diana Varma
Mar 10, 20216 min read
039: Papyrus: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Papyrus Release Date: 1982 Designer: Chris Costello Classification: Fantasy Owned By: Letraset Claim to Fame: Used and abused in...
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Diana Varma
Mar 9, 20215 min read
038: ITC Zapf Chancery: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: ITC Zapf Chancery Release Date: 1979 Designer: Hermann Zapf Classification: Script Owned By: Linotype Claim to Fame: The first and...
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