What should happen to the fonts of days gone by‽ The guys first look to the stars and hope to find some answers from fonts named after their astrological signs. Finding no luck there, they decide it's time to hang it up and discuss font retirement. With all these new type releases, Kyle posits that it may be time to take some fonts off the market to make way ... Show More
Jan 2025
S4E11 - All The Typographic Feels
What kind of year has it been in type‽ Josh and Kyle have much to reflect on from 2024, and even though they try to do it with a chill vibe, it's hard to ignore all the energy coming from the type world. Kyle can't quite pin down how 2024 made him feel, but he finds the strength ... Show More
49m 51s
Nov 2024
S4E9 - Gather 'Round Our Typographic Table
What’s your starchiest font‽ It’s Turkey Time again people, and we have once again laid out a five-course meal of our favorite fonts from 2024! So get ready to devour gorgeous backslants, crunchy fonts with no curves, and New Jersey license plate letters that say "I'm walking her ... Show More
44m 1s
Jun 2021
Why We Love to Hate Comic Sans and the Return of Fonts with Personality
If Comic Sans showed up at a house party, would it be welcome or shown the door? In this episode, the Wireframe team parties down with a wild array of fonts, good and bad, to learn about the rise of novelty typefaces like Comic Sans and the proliferation of the now all-too-famili ... Show More
27m 40s
May 2023
Fonts They Love to Hate, Part Two: Papyrus, Times New Roman and Beyond
From serif to san, from kerning to Krueger, it turns out people have some pretty extreme opinions about fonts. In part two of this special two-part episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the nature of print. Papyrus, New Times Roman, Wingdings -- if you can name a font, it turns out ... Show More
47m 28s
Apr 2022
Typography in Digital Interfaces | Thomas Girard, Assistant Professor of Design
Episode 62 Show Notes: Typography can help make interfaces more user-friendly, informative, and visually appealing when used effectively. However, knowing which ones to use can be tricky with many different fonts available. In this episode, Thomas Girard provides tips on using ty ... Show More
53m 46s
Aug 2023
Episode #115: Modern Love--Hans (Jean) Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp
This season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history ... Show More
30m 51s
Apr 2019
MAG 134 - Time of Revelation
Case #0060122Statement of Adelard Dekker, taken from a letter to Gertrude Robinson dated 22nd January 2006.Content warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.Thanks to this week's Patrons: Sharptooth Luke, Amy Meechan, Maija Mednieks, Nico Aspen, Caleb Eigsti, Box ... Show More
23m 15s