The Interrogang Podcast

Did you miss us‽ It's been a while and we've got a lot of ground to cover to make up for lost time. This episode has font help for indie comic designers, football jersey oopsies, and a serif wave crashing to shore. We also explore the concept of a juice cleanse for font foundries and introduce a font release that makes us question our very existence. It's a weird one, but we're into weird...

Links to everything that we discussed in this episode:
Stringer from Order Type
MD Lorien from Mass Driver
Columba from East of Rome
NaN Serf from NaN
Octave from Faire Type
Indoor Kid from Font of the Month Club
Sharp Type Phase 2
Sharp Type Volume One
Man City Club Jersey Kit
Forvm from Coppers & Brasses
Michaux from Plain Form
The Proof&Co. 2023 Annual Report

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“Where are all the new Interrogang episodes‽” you, our gentle listener, may be asking yourself. Here’s a quick programming update and a brief trip on the Hogwarts Express. 

Are all type rules meant to be broken‽ We take you back to our convo about the pros and cons of challenging the so-called "rules" of good type design in this Rewind episode.

We reference the type used in the credits of some films and TV shows a few times in this episode: Loki, The Favourite, and Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.

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Where is all the artistic feedback that we so crave‽ Tech Master Andrew sends us back to our discussion from Season 2 in which the guys wonder how we are supposed to develop as designers in this criticism-filled world we live in.

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Can you tell the difference between a font description and a description of a bottle of wine‽ Kyle was put to this ridiculous test with his type reputation on the line. Hear how well he fared in this Rewind episode.

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What's next for type in 2024‽ We're all about FUN this episode (finally), and with a new year rapidly approaching, Josh and Kyle look back on what this past year has been like for independent type and make some hopeful predictions for the future. It also seems like as good a time as any to clear the air and start fresh, so Josh tells us why he doesn't need your ampersand and Kyle will allow a free font, if only to prove he's not crotchety. It was a huge year, the universe of indie type was ever-expanding, and we tried to cram it all into this one episode. Did we succeed? Nah, but we all need room to do better next year...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Asoma from James Plattner
Burghi from CAST
Hour from 205TF

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Who will help guide Santa's sleigh tonight‽ It's our annual Gift Guide review, and although Josh has had too much eggnog, Kyle the Red-Nosed Reindeer is here to help finish out your holiday shopping list. There are pencils that will encourage you to sketch more, apparel for your naked designer friends, tools for adding typography into your next woodworking project, and more than enough globby holiday spirit. And Josh responds to a fan letter with "Yes Virginia, There is a Perfect Font" to remind us of the true meaning of Christmas: loving the fonts you're with...

Happy Holidays!

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Synt from ABC Dinamo
Esperanza from Labor & Wait
Ease from Studio Feixen
Calyx from Blaze Type

From Santa's Type Toy Shop:
Alphabet Keytags from Colophon
"Fully Charged" Pencils from PSTL
Jokker Cards from Displaay Type
Letraset-Inspired Sticker Sheets from Toko Type
"You Live and You Kern" Sweatshirt from Goodtype
'Footnotes' Socks from PSTL
.NOTDEF Glyph I Love You from Bastarda Type
Shift Happens by Marcin Wichary
Letraset, the DIY Typography Revolution by Adrian Shaughnessy
Mono is the New Black from Counter Print
ABC Connector Plates & Fonts from ABC Dinamo
Blockface Kit from Open Press Project
Rails & Tiles from Shop at Matter
Typography options for house numbers from Door No. Co.

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How much typography can one person possibly consume‽ We intend to find out this week as we foodify some of our favorite releases from this year and fill our plates with typefaces, all in the name of being thankful for this year's font harvest. We've got entrees that will get you toned, starchy fonts that remind us of the power of potatoes, cool and refreshing display types, and sugar-coated fonts to round out your meal and your year. With such an incredible array, we enter the holiday season typographically satiated, overstuffed, and maybe encountering the slightest bit of Regrets...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Qommodore from Production Type
Nicola from Commercial Type
Minetto from Dalton Maag
RST Thundra and RST Mazumbá from Reset Type

Your 2023 Thanksgiving spread:
Arbale  from Typofonderie
Terza from Commercial Type
Octavia from Flavia Zimbardi & Tida Tep
Fugit from Counter Forms
Forager from Overlap Type
Gamuth from Production Type
Ozik Soft from Nuform Type
Aligne from Leinster Type
MD IO from Mass Driver
Glazier from Positype
Kablammo from Vectro Type

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Can an iconic brand also be a dynamic one‽ This episode starts with a good font with which to sell hugs, a new release that also serves as a marketing exercise, and two handwriting fonts, only one of which is born of hand writing. Then, Josh has to rant about how the ever-changing NBA jerseys are examples of poor branding, and even though Kyle may not exactly disagree, there's a chance the guys are simply behind the times. But at least they are partners in confusion, and we can all agree that good branding has a through line and Pepsi reeks of desperation...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Ozik Soft from Nuform Type
Scatch from Tipographies
Dash from Typotheque
Superscript from Positype

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Did you know that font releases come in all sizes‽ Of course you did, you've been listening to this podcast for almost three years now. The releases keep getting bigger and bigger this week, and we start by pulling Gantry out of Ohno Type Co's dangerous Drawer, then we get old-timey with Ephemera Font's Osbert, followed by the jive-inducing Name Mono from ArrowType, and finishing with the behemoth that is Sharp Type's Sharp Grotesk Global. Now If we could only get Kyle to start paying attention to any of this, we might be on to something...

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