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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 has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!).

This episode is guest hosted by Andres O'Brien Ramirez.

Name: Geometos Neue

Release Date: 2017 

Designers: Depak Dogra 

Classification: Sans Serif

Owned By: Graphite

Claim to Fame: Futuristic design

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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 has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!).

This episode is guest hosted by Zoe Soeiro.

Name: Proxima Nova
Release Date: 2005
Designers: Mark Simonson
Classification: Geometric Sans Serif
Owned By: Mark Simonson Studio
Claim to Fame: Replacing Helvetica as the world's most popular typeface

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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 has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!).

This episode is guest hosted by Ian Ugale.

Name: ITC Benguiat
Release Date: 1977
Designers: Ed Benguiat
Classification: Serif Display
Owned By: International Typeface Corporation
Claim to Fame: The typeface used in Stranger Things

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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 has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!).

This episode is guest hosted by Maya Navarro.

Name: Times New Roman

Release Date: 1932

Designers: Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent

Classification: Mixed Transitional Old-Style (Serif)

Owned By: Monotype

Claim to Fame: The typeface commissioned by The Times and the most widely installed serif typeface 

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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 has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!).

This episode is guest hosted by Johanna Gibson.

Name: Gill Sans

Release Date: 1928

Designer: Eric Gill

Classification: Humanist Sans-Serif

Owned By: Monotype

Claim to Fame: Typeface for London North and Eastern Railway

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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 has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!).
 
This episode is guest hosted by Shelby Cooper and Zohal Rashid.
 

Name: Bodoni

Release Date: 1798

Designers: Giambattista Bodoni

Classification: Modern Serif Script

Owned By: Linotype

Claim to Fame: One of the older typefaces still in use as a font today.

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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 has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!).

This episode is guest hosted by Nate Evangelista.

Name: Didot

Release Date: Between 1784 and 1811

Designer: Firmin Didot

Classification: Modern Serif 

Owned By: Various type foundries, most notably Hoefler & Co. and Linotype 

Claim to Fame: The beginning of the Neoclassical typeface movement and recognized fashion icon as Vogue Magazine’s logo 

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In this perspective-shifting episode, Madeleine Dore (author of I Didn’t Do The Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt) chats about all sorts of important ideas, especially as summer’s restful embrace invites us to slow down and play. 

Madeleine discusses why ‘perfection’ is a flawed concept (and what’s better than striving for perfection), the importance of taking productivity down off its pedestal, the bright side of not completing your to do list, the importance of being curious to question where our productivity guilt comes from, as well as broadening the measure of a day to celebrate the variances there within (as well as the variances within ourselves). Madeleine provides insight on the daunting nature of ‘space’ that rest affords us, practical tips for living presently in our days, the ways Madeleine chooses to measure her days beyond ‘being productive’, why the very ‘quantifiable’ measure of productivity is actually an imperfect metric too and what the term ‘precrastination’ means. 

It’s a BIG one! 

After the conversation, Diana shares her plans for rest this summer and why she’s both nervous and excited about taking some time off.

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Listen in on TMU’s Magazine Production & Publishing class in Spring 2022…

In this final episode in a 3-part series about magazines, meet Steph Beveridge, Account Manager at Hemlock Printers in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In this conversation, Steph explains the types of magazines Hemlock prints and the ways in which small, niche publications are growing their audiences. Steph shares a breakdown of typical printing processes for magazines, trends in magazine printing (including size, paper and finish), as well as actionable tips for designing with print in mind. She shares the big challenge for the printing industry right now, unique advertising opportunities for publishers, as well as the economics of niche magazine publications. Finally, Steph describes the reasons she got into this field and her biggest takeaways from having studied at TMU.

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Listen in on TMU’s Magazine Production & Publishing class in Spring 2022…

In this second episode in a 3-part series about magazines, meet Lonelle Selbo, publisher and designer of LIFE AU LAIT Magazine, a digital publication serving Prince Edward County (PEC), Ontario, Canada. In this conversation, Lonelle explains her magazine’s origin story, why digital is the right format for her publication and the way she’s adapted to help local businesses promote themselves during the pandemic. Lonelle defines maximalism and how she embraces it in the design of LIFE AU LAIT Magazine. She also explains how she uses rules in her creative process, specifically focusing on the criteria of intentionality and usefulness. Lonelle shares where she thinks the future of magazine content is headed and shares future plans for her magazine. Also, Diana shares her big idea for the future of the magazine industry… a collaboration is very possible and you’re hearing it here first! Finally, insights about the power of listening emerge and remerge throughout the conversation. 

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