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Mar 2023
30m 41s

Week 11 - Change is Hard

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Who gave Times New Roman all this power‽ Joshua "The Scorpion" Dick and Kyle "Victory Hands" Read review the contentious switch from Times New Roman to Calibri made by the US State Department this year and worry about how little control we actually have about which fonts become all-powerful. Times New Roman may be on its way out, but there are some TNR diehards out there still praying to Our Lady of Serifs. The guys also talk well-designed emojis and come across some heretofore buried phobias that also serve as great wrestler names...

Font releases highlighted in this episode:
Editorial Old from Pangram Pangram
Melindrosa from Flavia Zimbardi
Salad Days from Meg Lewis
Gloridot and Ringold from the brand spankin' new Bijou Type

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