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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I am thrilled to introduce our guest in today’s episode: It’s Meg! Meg Lewis is a designer, illustrator, artist and all-around creative....

This year’s Advanced Typography class at Toronto Metropolitan University had the chance to chat with talented lettering artist and...

This year’s Advanced Typography class at Toronto Metropolitan University had the chance to sit down with two talented voices in type, the...

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...

I was first introduced to the work of Charles Nix, Type Director at Monotype, years ago through a LinkedIn Learning course he created...

Welcome to the future… font futures: a three-part miniseries dedicated to what will continue to evolve as it relates to design,...

I started this podcast exactly 28 months ago with a gut feeling, a creative urge and a curiosity about all things podcasting in an...

Today is a special day. It’s not every day that you have the chance to sit down and chat with one of your professional idols. “Ellen...

Name: Zapfino Arabic Release Date: 2014 Designer: Nadine Chahine Classification: Calligraphic Owned By: Linotype Claim to Fame: This...

Name: Freight Release Date: 2005 Designers: Joshua Darden and GarageFont Design Classification: Humanist Owned By: Phil’s Fonts Inc....

Name: Gotham Release Date: 2000 Designers: Tobias Frere-Jones Classification: Geometric sans serif Owned By: Hoefler&Co. Claim to Fame:...

Name: Comic Sans Release Date: 1994 Designers: Vincent Connare Classification: Sans serif script Owned By: Microsoft Corporation Claim to...

Name: Wingdings Release Date: 1990 Designers: Charles Bigelow & Kris Holmes Classification: Dingbats Owned By: Bigelow & Holmes,...

Name: Papyrus Release Date: 1982 Designer: Chris Costello Classification: Fantasy Owned By: Letraset Claim to Fame: Used and abused in...

Name: ITC Zapf Chancery Release Date: 1979 Designer: Hermann Zapf Classification: Script Owned By: Linotype Claim to Fame: The first and...

Name: Helvetica Release Date: 1957 Designer: Max Miedinger, Eduard Hoffmann Classification: Neo-Grotesque Sans Serif Owned By: Haas Type...

Name: Futura Release Date: 1927 Designer: Paul Renner Classification: Geometric Sans Serif Owned By: The Bauer Type Foundry Claim to...

From type tales to type fails, this is the first in a 10-part series of an incomplete history of type. By exploring the history of type...