The Weekly Typographic

The Weekly Typographic


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#107 – Maximizing Marketing: Taking Your Type to the People
September 02, 2022

Maximizing Marketing: Taking Your Type to the PeopleTheres a bit of everything in this weeks newsletter and chats; a super detailed behind the scenes on an iconic rebrand, some handy web design typesetting tips, a case study of alternative design educa

#106 – An Interview with Libbie Bischoff, Founder of Type Du Nord
August 26, 2022

An Interview with Libbie Bischoff, Founder of Type Du NordWere not going to lie, one of the things that gives us the most energy is talking to type designers / people working in the type and design industry. Our cups are overflowing this week after a de

#105 – DALL-E 2: Are we all out of jobs?
August 19, 2022

DALL-E 2: Are we all out of jobs?Its so good to be back in recording mode, and this week we took it to the next level by recording IN THE SAME PLACE! Olivia took a lil road trip to see Micah and they recorded together. Cute.This week were talking abou

#104 – It's Season 3 (baby!)
August 12, 2022

It's Season 3, Baby! FRIENDS! WE'RE BACK! And not only are we back on the podcast, but we're 'back to school' as we have a new workshop happening later this month with the wonderful Aline Kaori. On the podcast Micah and Olivia are talking about what we've

#103 – Season 2 wrap!
June 10, 2022

Season 2 wrap It’s the end of season 2! There’s exactly zero rhyme or reason to when we call time on a season (see the fact season 1 was about three months, and season 2 has been over two years), but we’re taking a break for a few weeks over the summer an

#102 – An interview with designer and educator Juan Villanueva
June 03, 2022

An interview with Juan Villanueva We’re just going to say it. We love Juan Villanueva. So we’re especially happy to have him joining us on the podcast this week for a chat about type design (of course), the changing landscape and opportunities in type des

#101 – Web3: what we've learned so far
May 27, 2022

Web3: what we've learned so far We’ve been teasing this topic for MONTHS and we’ve finally pulled together all our learnings so far about web3/NFTs to make an episode. This will be part 1, as after our summer break we’re going to bring you an interview wi

#100 – Episode 100!
May 20, 2022

Episode 100! We did it!! We made it to episode 100! We’re taking a little trip down memory lane this week and sharing some of the origin stories that you might not know about your favorite(!) type and design news podcast. And you have to listen to hear a

#99 – Designing a custom font for UI: The story of Spline Sans
May 13, 2022

Designing a custom for for UI It’s another special interview episode! This week type designers Eben Sorkin and Mirko Velimirovic join us for a chat. They are two of the creators behind Spline Sans; a new grotesque sans serif family purpose-built for UI in

#98 – The realities of open source
May 06, 2022

The realities of open source This week’s newsletter is pretty much one big ball of wholesome goodness. There’s a fun retro project, a super detailed article about variable fonts, a designer shaking up the Arabic type education space, and a wonderful short