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Talk Paper Scissors

By: Diana Varma
  • Summary

  • Join host, Diana Varma, as she explores the wonderful world of design and printing, typography and branding, books and publishing. In each episode Diana aims to answer many age-old, deep philosophical questions such as: Where the heck did Comic Sans originate? Why do the majority of printed books have blank pages at the end? What is the world's ugliest colour? What does a sassy three-year-old have to say about the visible colour spectrum? Ready to have some fun? Let's talk paper scissors.
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Episodes
  • Emerging Typeface Designers Max Berardi & Cecilia Ly
    May 3 2024

    Meet emerging typeface designers, Max Berardi and Cecilia Ly! Max designed a typeface called League Gothic and Cecilia designed a typeface called Verre Fondu and in the following conversation, you'll get to hear about each typeface. You'll also hear their perfect type pairings, sensory descriptions of each (sight, smell, touch, sound and even taste), what was easy and difficult about the process, including what they’d do differently next time. Let the type geekery begin!



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    32 mins
  • Experimentation, Iteration & Democratization in Font Creation with with Franz Hoffman of Fontself
    Apr 30 2024

    Today's guest is Franz Hoffman, designer-turned-entrepreneur and cofounder of Fontself, which brings easy type-making capabilities into the hands of all creatives.

    In this conversation you’ll learn why Fontself was created and more about Fontself as a tool and its evolution, hearing about some interesting projects from around the globe with the Fontself toolset at their centre. Experimentation, iteration and democratization are all themes explored throughout the following 40 minutes. This episode is not sponsored by Fontself; I believe that it’s just a really great tool that I was excited to learn more about from Franz directly.

    This episode is co-hosted by Graphic Designer, Michael Young.



    I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people!
    Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)



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    40 mins
  • Designing Variable Type with That That Harbor Bickmore
    Apr 17 2024

    Today’s guest is the best designer in the world! [Source: his website, TheBestDesignerInTheWorld.com]

    Harbor Bickmore is a graphic designer and type designer, selling his work under That That Type.

    In this conversation you’ll hear why Harbor got into typeface design and his process for creating typefaces. You’ll hear about Harbor’s favourite typeface he’s released to date, as well as what hasn’t worked in his type design experimentation (the juicy failures!).

    You’ll also hear about Harbor’s new offering: That That Font Box, a font-of-the-month club for type enthusiasts. It’s a creative solution to the problem of selling type in a time that’s proving difficult for type designers.



    I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people!
    Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)



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    42 mins

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