The Interrogang Podcast

Are emojis typography‽ The debate rages on (or rather, rages from a year and a half ago) in this Rewind episode.

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Do we have to be good salespeople to be good designers‽ This Rewind explores the trials and tribulations of having to talk a big game while still being effective designers. Can good work just speak for itself?

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What could possibly make a typeface lawful, chaotic, or just downright evil‽ We assign fonts to the nine role-playing game character archetypes in this Rewind episode from Season 1.

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How will you look back on 2022‽ It's been a bonkers year, but from the best font names to the best single-style release to what new fonts blew minds into the stratosphere, Josh and Kyle have some awards to hand out for the year that was in type. After glasses are raised to toast the winners, the guys reflect on 2022 and look forward to 2023. Kyle makes up his own rules and wants to get weird with micro fonts, while Josh makes up the word "smarketing" and is optimistic about the future for the first time in his life (briefly). And keep the lyrics to "Auld Lang Syne" at the ready, you never know when they'll come in handy...

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Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Pritzious from CAST Foundry 
BC Figural, Monument, Parlament, Unciala, and Vajgar from Briefcase Type
Documan STC and Documan CNT from Displaay Type
 
Fonts receiving awards this year:
Dudler from Blaze Type
Rizoma from R-typography
The Right Collection from Pangram Pangram
Fragment Collection from Pangram Pangram
Glyptic DJR from Font of the Month Club
Lithops from Velvetyne Foundry
Gimme from Typarture on Future Fonts
Ready from Plain Form
Vandertak from Cake Type
OZIK from Nuform Type
Community from Frere-Jones Type
GT Planar from Grilli Type

Disclaimer: Statistics referenced in this episode refer to Latin designs. The type world is even more vast than we state here!

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Is Santa ready to deliver all the type gifts this year‽ The independent type world has him covered if not! Joshua Claus and Little Drummer Boy Kyle put their Santa Pants on and review the 2022 Proof&Co Gift Guide for all your gift-giving needs in this holiday episode. Also, the guys get excited for x-height, we learn Kyle likes to sniff his presents, and Josh has Clement Moore rolling in his grave with a new rendition of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”. And yes, there is some caroling. There may be a “Bah, Humbug!” or two in this episode, but we tried to keep it festive…

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Vitrine from Razzia Type 
Palmetto from Manic Type
Chromatic and Chromatic Mono from Colophon 
Shader Color from Dalton Maag
 
People Dad Hats are for:
Dads
That's it

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What are you bringing to Typography Thanksgiving‽ Josh and Kyle set the podcasting table, loosen their belts, and bring you the most belly-filling spread of fonts you could possibly imagine. It's a time to be thankful, especially for happy looking "e"s, free swag bags, and for the fact that your hosts kept their pants on. Just don't give Josh any more hats, he's got plenty of hats...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Seamus from 205TF
Zeplin from Manic Type on Future Fonts
Varietta from Sudtipos
Quokka from Cake Type

Our Typographic Thanksgiving menu:
Nice from Fontwerk
Mori from Pangram Pangram
Takeoff from Nice to Type
Dwight from Lift Type
Lithops from Velvetyne Type Foundry
Kreol from Studio Rene Bieder
BRZO from Nuform Type
Petit Frere from Plain Form
Softie from Ohno Type Co
Acma from Pangram Pangram
Dream Away from Resistenza Type

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How many type designers does it take to screw in a font‽ More than one, as it usually turns out, and Josh and Kyle are here to celebrate that there is no "I" in "typography team" (though there should be one in every typeface). Like drones in the sky coming together to form a letter, we all come together to make good type. But Josh worries that there is a foundational lack of understanding from the general public about what a font foundry actually is (or that they even exist). How can we fix this? Netflix, call us...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Elma, Yuni Slab, and Ottessa all from TypeMates
Parnaso 2.0 from Feliciano Type

Airborne font that may or may not be a signal from aliens:
Aerial from Hobbes

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How many glyphs is too many glyphs‽ Stylistic alternates, contextual ligatures, icons, dingbats, and borders, oh my! So much to design, so little time. But is adding to your glyph count always worth it? The guys explore the idea of the "imposition of choice", what it means to designers and buyers when you give people too many options with a font. Their discussions also take us back in time to the year 2000, a time that might be influencing your typography today. We survived Y2K then, we can survive it now…

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Brisbane from Leinster Type
F37Britain from F37
Community Gothic from Frere-Jones Type

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Where do all our best deleted scenes go‽ Why, our autumnal bonus episode of course, in which an unevenly designed blackletter precedes an uncertain future, mathematically-inclined fonts cause unintended trauma,  font descriptions get automated (and more than a little worrisome), and overachieving designs annoy and delight simultaneously. With all this to talk about, typography's future seems promising! But...

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