The Interrogang Podcast

Have you ever considered the font needs of monsters‽ Josh and Kyle are tasked with that very thing in this special Halloween episode as they go about designing business cards for things that go bump in the night. They also encounter headless "S"s, sans-serif existential crises, techy-blobby fonts, and Ancient Roman mummies. And just as long as they don't hear a distant clown horn, they should be fine. Uh oh, Fluffles is right behind me, isn't he...?

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
New Astro from Newlyn
Sans Sans from Muir McNeil
Ordinary from Positype
Polychrome from Mass Driver

Fonts that can help the monster in your life find that next great job opportunity:
Oroban from Blaze Type
Ehrie by Blast Foundry on Future Fonts
Ohno Casual Light from Ohno Type Co.
This Man This Monster from Comic Book Fonts
Neptun from la Bolde Vida
Puffin Display Soft Black from Bold Monday
Francesco from Production Type
Dapifer Stencil Bold from Darden Studio
Plakato Paper Pro Regular Italic from Underware
Chee Pickles from Ohno Type Co.
Comic Code by Toshi Omagari

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Can type design ever be considered dangerous‽ The guys tackle the idea that designs that "push the boundaries" can sometimes go too far and become stupid or even dangerous. Josh shares a story from high school to help prove this point, a story that Kyle thankfully survives. Before all this, Kyle tells us all about the conference (festival) he attended, a deep look into how technology, coding, augmented reality, and AI are aiding typography into the future. Before we get too far, though, we really should determine what the typographic Hippocratic Oath is...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Acma from Pangram Pangram
Kreol from Studio Renè Bieder
Octave from Sharp Type

Conference (Festival) highlighted in this episode:
The Inscript Experimental Type Festival

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What could be better than two typography podcasts for the price of one‽ Josh and Kyle team up with Micah Rich and Olivia Kane from The League of Moveable Type's Weekly Typographic and have a rollicking conversation through the Olympics, Italian fashion, and, what else, Future Fonts. Our Interro-couple has finally become an Interrogang, and if anyone out there can figure out how to make an ampersand with their fingers, please let us know...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
NaN Tresor from NaN
Raskal Oner Write from Swiss Typefaces

Articles discussed in this episode:
Ferragamo Identity Refresh on DeZeen
The Olympics Brand Evolution 

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Can you engage with typography using all five of your senses‽ Kyle takes us on a fantastic voyage through the senses of the human body, exploring far-reaching realms of typography though smell, taste, sight, touch, and sound. Josh has a great idea for a partnership with Stomp (patent pending),  Bailey the cat calls our bluff, and things sometimes get a little creepy in this accidentally Halloween-themed episode. Well, not as creepy as when you lick your computer...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Four Grotesk from HAL
CX80 from 205TF
Dokument from Extraset

Fonts we want to see more of soon:
Layered fonts
Stencil fonts

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Can you describe what a font looks like from the name alone‽ Josh and Kyle see if they can with mixed results. Font names can be weird and Eklektyk, leave you feeling Wild or like a Hopeless Diamond, or even give you inspiration for naming your children. A Zombie Punk by any other name would smell as sweet...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Carolinéale from Pampatype
Writer from Pangram Pangram
Landform from Process Type Foundry

Typefaces we all should set our resumes in:
Facebuster

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Is there such a thing as a "foundry groupie"‽ Josh and Kyle hang out in the typographic green room and talk about foundries that set themselves up as one-stop shops and how often font buyers only look to one foundry for all their font buying needs. But first, it's story time with Kyle, and his parable leads the guys to the “Goldilocks Zone”, the just right, sweet spot for the number of font styles per family. It also teaches us that terriers know plenty about typography...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Brigada from Sumo Type
Dream Away from Resistenza Type
Nitido from DSType

Foundry whose releases may or may not make us scream in delight until we pass out:
Ohno Type Co

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Is there a difference between boring and bad design‽ The guys try to keep things good and exciting while realizing that boring design might just be the backbone of typography and bad design can sometimes be a catalyst of innovation. Kyle talks chairs and Josh descends the NYC Subway into chaos. Little does Kyle know, but he's getting a balloon chair for Christmas...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Goldich from Bold Monday
Ergon from Commercial Type
Field Gothic from Signal Type
CoFo Cinema 1909 from Contrast Foundry

Upcoming conference highlighted in this episode:
The Kernference from Goodtype, Nov 1-4. 2022, Virtual

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What did we miss over summer break‽ Kyle guides us through several of the best font releases from the summer of '22 while Josh tries not to get in the way. Kyle commits acts of physical prowess and Josh doesn't know much about the city he lives in. At least we finally found out where XYZ Type got inspiration for their name...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Fang from Matthijs Herzberg
Ohno Casual from Ohno Type Co
Racine from Coppers and Brasses
Glyptic DJR from Font of the Month Club
Lovesong from Commercial Type's Vault
Etude from Order Type Foundry
Grafiks from Lewis McGuffie on Future Fonts
Escalator & Elevator from XYZ Type
Darkmode & Darkmode Mono from Dalton Maag

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Why is it so hard to find out who designed a font‽ Josh can't always find a designer listed when a font is released and finds this baffling. He's on a crusade to see designers listed, and he wants names! We may never know who designed all the fonts, but at least there will always be Future Fonts to bring us home...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Canicule Display from Kostas Bartosokas on Future Fonts
BB Modern from Colophon Foundry

Our picks for best releases from the summer:
Fang from Matthijs Herzberg
 Glyptic DJR from Font of the Month Club (DJR stands for David Jonathan Ross, whose name we never actually say in the episode, sorry David...)

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Ever talk to someone who's using the word "lettering" when they should be saying "type"‽ Kyle serves as judge, jury, and dictionary this week to clarify some of the most common wording mix-ups in type. Readability or legibility? Font or typeface? Understanding the difference matters! Maybe. Kyle then turns the Interrogang into its own Chuckle Hut as the guys submit Andrew (and, by extension, you) to their best typography jokes. You'd better laugh, or else you might find some hired goons at your door...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Softie from Ohno Type Co
Frigga from Sudtipos
Edie & Eddy from Typemates
Persona from Abyme Type Foundry

Project shout-outs in this episode:
Typologie from Recto Verso

A font walks into a bar...

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