Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast The Interrogang Podcast
| Titre | Date | Durée | |
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| S4E5 - Friendly Does Not Equal Perfect | 12 Sep 2024 | 00:39:55 | |
What does Google know about what fonts are made of‽ Josh and Kyle turn once again, despite their better judgement, to Google in everyone's favorite Interrogame to see how well Google's AI can answer your questions about fonts. It's a mixed bag, but once you listen to the episode you might just learn that gothic fonts are from the Gothic era, that modern fonts attended leadership training, and that Mr. Rogers had some enemies. Google may not always wax philosophical on type, but Kyle sure can (for *most* people)... Support the Interrogang for as little as $3 a month and help us expand what Proof&Co. and the Interrogang have to offer! These episodes are all thanks to your support! | |||
| S4E4 - The Potential Ahead | 28 Aug 2024 | 00:39:30 | |
How old is too old for a font‽ There's a lot of discussion around the age of a font in this episode, as we tour recent modern medieval designs that don't look the way you think they do, question the value of fonts released decades ago, and wonder why we continue to put up with Papyrus. Josh is all about calligraphy, and Kyle has found that gravestone under a depressing tree glyph you were always looking for. Once the judges scores were tallied up, though, it's clear: Josh put on a podcasting masterclass... Support the Interrogang for as little as $3 a month and help us expand what Proof&Co. and the Interrogang have to offer! These episodes are all thanks to your support! | |||
| Week 49 - Fonting In A Winter Wonderland | 14 Dec 2023 | 00:38:58 | |
Who will help guide Santa's sleigh tonight‽ It's our annual Gift Guide review, and although Josh has had too much eggnog, Kyle the Red-Nosed Reindeer is here to help finish out your holiday shopping list. There are pencils that will encourage you to sketch more, apparel for your naked designer friends, tools for adding typography into your next woodworking project, and more than enough globby holiday spirit. And Josh responds to a fan letter with "Yes Virginia, There is a Perfect Font" to remind us of the true meaning of Christmas: loving the fonts you're with... Support the Interrogang and help us expand what Proof&Co. and the Interrogang have to offer! | |||
| Week 17 - We Are None of Us Perfect | 03 May 2021 | 00:26:34 | |
Have we gone too far conducting experiments with fonts‽ Josh and Kyle discuss the ramifications of trying something new and ponder the pros and cons to showing your type design experiments to the public. Also, Microsoft Office is getting a typefacelift. | |||
| Week 16 - Inspiration is Inspirational | 27 Apr 2021 | 00:21:40 | |
Shouldn’t every font have an Arcade style‽ Josh and Kyle wonder if there are rules around creative inspiration, get retro with video game-ready fonts, and fall down the ink trap well. Includes part 2 of the Originality discussion. Babyfat Foozle Arcade everybody! | |||
| Week 15 - Meet Me at the Bar | 19 Apr 2021 | 00:28:00 | |
Are there really people out there who don't know what typography is‽ Josh and Kyle dig a bit deeper in what it means to "bridge the gap" between type people and non-type people and they can't help but get a little Spuk-y, all day long. Also, Kyle handles a deer carcass situation in his yard (or does he?). | |||
| Week 14 - Where No Typeface Has Gone Before | 12 Apr 2021 | 00:21:53 | |
Could it be that we are all running out of original ideas‽ Josh and Kyle begin a big conversation on originality (so big in fact, we couldn’t fit everything in this episode, part two coming in the next few weeks) and Josh’s dog insists on being interviewed. | |||
| Week 13 - You Say Smart, I Say Nefarious | 05 Apr 2021 | 00:24:30 | |
What did Garamond ever do to you‽ Josh and Kyle break some old news about the US Court of Appeals banning the well-liked serif font and Kyle reveals his honest opinions of some of history’s most infamous fonts on this week's episode of the Interrogang Podcast. | |||
| Week 12 - Climbing Out of the Primordial Ooze | 29 Mar 2021 | 00:23:00 | |
Forget Darwin's finches, isn't the evolution of fonts what we all care about‽ Josh and Kyle discuss the importance of type evolving over time and Josh is reminded of how cool he is not. | |||
| Week 11 - Rat's Nest of Progress | 22 Mar 2021 | 00:25:20 | |
Wouldn't it be great if accepting cookies on a website came with ACTUAL cookies‽ Josh accepts cookies, both digital and real, and we find out where Kyle and Josh both put their success sliders in this week's Interrogang! | |||
| Week 46 - A Smorgasbord of Fonts | 21 Nov 2023 | 00:33:22 | |
How much typography can one person possibly consume‽ We intend to find out this week as we foodify some of our favorite releases from this year and fill our plates with typefaces, all in the name of being thankful for this year's font harvest. We've got entrees that will get you toned, starchy fonts that remind us of the power of potatoes, cool and refreshing display types, and sugar-coated fonts to round out your meal and your year. With such an incredible array, we enter the holiday season typographically satiated, overstuffed, and maybe encountering the slightest bit of Regrets... Support the Interrogang and help us expand what Proof&Co. and the Interrogang have to offer! | |||
| Week 45 - Brand Schmand | 15 Nov 2023 | 00:36:03 | |
Can an iconic brand also be a dynamic one‽ This episode starts with a good font with which to sell hugs, a new release that also serves as a marketing exercise, and two handwriting fonts, only one of which is born of hand writing. Then, Josh has to rant about how the ever-changing NBA jerseys are examples of poor branding, and even though Kyle may not exactly disagree, there's a chance the guys are simply behind the times. But at least they are partners in confusion, and we can all agree that good branding has a through line and Pepsi reeks of desperation... | |||
| Week 44 Releases - Long Live The Superfamilies | 09 Nov 2023 | 00:23:05 | |
Did you know that font releases come in all sizes‽ Of course you did, you've been listening to this podcast for almost three years now. The releases keep getting bigger and bigger this week, and we start by pulling Gantry out of Ohno Type Co's dangerous Drawer, then we get old-timey with Ephemera Font's Osbert, followed by the jive-inducing Name Mono from ArrowType, and finishing with the behemoth that is Sharp Type's Sharp Grotesk Global. Now If we could only get Kyle to start paying attention to any of this, we might be on to something... | |||
| Week 43 - Fonts That Go Bump In The Night | 30 Oct 2023 | 00:40:43 | |
What are the best fonts for horrifying candy creations‽ This is our annual Halloween episode and Josh has the mad scientist credentials to meet the occasion. He and Art Director Ygor introduce you to the next generation of Halloween candy and the fonts they will use to sell them. The guys also discuss what haunts them in type, ancient incantations to rid us all of a particular typeface's curse, a font that is already filling its Piehole, and the reason Kyle is never stylin'. So grab a potato sack of Novaburst and give in to the insanity, your Trick or Treat bag might get a little heavy this year... | |||
| Rewind 07 - Monster Business Cards | 24 Oct 2023 | 00:22:59 | |
Have you ever considered the font needs of monsters‽ It's a monster mash (or rather, job fair) for this Rewind episode in which we design business cards for all your favorite Halloween ghosts and ghouls. And, unfortunately, for Fluffles... | |||
| Week 41 - Don't Overthink It | 19 Oct 2023 | 00:41:20 | |
Why is this podcast so obsessed with the names of fonts‽ Because it's important, that's why! (And fun!) This time, Kyle challenges Josh to come up with his own name for fonts, both real and imagined, to explore the thought process behind how a font gets its name. Turns out, naming a font is quite a journey; in this episode alone we have Chonkboards, we get a little Smoishii, there are Spooky Actions, and even some Tragedy. Is Josh up to the challenge? Ah, what a Cloisterfuch... | |||
| Week 39 - Let's Get Wordy | 12 Oct 2023 | 00:43:46 | |
How badly do we all need to expand our type vocabulary‽ This episode starts with Skeleton fonts, a typeface that brings the glom, creative pixelation, and the Goofus and Gallant of font releases, and then the guys rank the definitive* list of type words, phrases, and concepts that everyone should know. Josh just won't let you forget about Blackletter fonts and Kyle is all about those ligatures, but it turns out you probably won't impress people by being able to tell the difference between a dash and a hyphen. And then the 90s came around (heavy sigh)... | |||
| Bonus 06 - Introducing TypeCraft | 29 Sep 2023 | 00:10:58 | |
Need more type podcasts in your life‽ We've got you covered! We're expanding our podcasting output with a new show: TypeCraft! TypeCraft is a podcast mini-series with interviews conducted by our very own Kyle Read, where we will hear from some of the biggest names in type. Give this episode a listen to hear who we've got lined up for Season One. Then stick around to solve the mystery of why you've only been listening to Josh for all these years... | |||
| Week 37 - Bless the Freelancers | 20 Sep 2023 | 00:32:26 | |
How much could an agent help freelance designers find work‽ Josh and Kyle put on a suit and tie this week and tackle some business topics. Could tying cost-of-living data to font prices be the way of the future? And what would a world with type design agents look like? Along the way, Josh wants to start a giant game of font naming telephone and Kyle is freelance Robocop. As if there is any question who the weird ones are... | |||
| S4E3 - A Multiverse of Font Madness | 14 Aug 2024 | 00:38:43 | |
Are we entering an entirely new universe of font genres‽ It's becoming harder and harder to classify genres in typography, and many of the newer releases are just exacerbating that difficulty. Whether it's finding whimsy in your text serifs where it doesn't belong, a dot font that abandons all conscious typographic reality, or a new-fangled approach we're calling a "multi-genre" font, new fonts are as alive and creative and confusing as they've ever been. That is, unless Kyle succeeds at taking us back to Ancient Rome... Support the Interrogang for as little as $3 a month and help us expand what Proof&Co. and the Interrogang have to offer! These episodes are all thanks to your support! | |||
| Week 36 Releases - Summer Loving | 13 Sep 2023 | 00:23:31 | |
How did all these foundries keep so busy this summer‽ There's so much to cover in this episode: the concept of social kerning, new foundry Adotbelow's explorations of multiculturalism in type, CSTM's Backslanted defying the laws of typographic gravity, Arbale serving as Typofonderie's Avengers, the hints of Helvetica in Typotheque's Münchenstein, the orderly bounciness of Smilena from Melvas Type, and how Colophon's Parent inspired revolution out of Josh. And you'll never guess which one of these fonts we're going to use to sell our asbestos... | |||
| Week 35 - Should We Be Unlearning? | 06 Sep 2023 | 00:34:49 | |
Do you have any bad habits you need to break‽ Josh and Kyle are back in the habit of podcasting, so they wonder how much the traits you develop as you grow up might hold you back as a professional. You probably don't need to unlearn everything you know, because sometimes, your habits just make you who you are. Kyle can't finish what he starts and Josh's arm movements are barely human, but their neural pathways may not allow for much better... | |||
| Rewind 06 - Snobbery | 01 Sep 2023 | 00:19:28 | |
Aren't we all a snob about something‽ Well, we tried our best not to be too obnoxious about it in this Rewind episode about having strong personal preferences around type. | |||
| Rewind 05 - Rate and Review Fonts | 16 Aug 2023 | 00:16:30 | |
How many stars does a sensible serif deserve anyway‽ We return to the pros and cons of a widespread font rating system in this week's Rewind. | |||
| Rewind 04 - Getting Rid of Half of All Fonts | 02 Aug 2023 | 00:16:56 | |
Would you snap your fingers and make 50% of all fonts disappear‽ Will Josh or Kyle put on the gauntlet, or will they send in the Avengers to save the fonts? | |||
| Week 28 - We Seek the Holy Grail | 20 Jul 2023 | 00:30:44 | |
What does it mean to pursue perfection in type design‽ It's summer so maybe we should just hit the pool, but we decided to tackle some big type topics first. There are designers out there working to make the perfect font right now, and maybe Jony Ive's LoveFrom Serif found it, but is it worth the time and energy? The guys think through nobility and ego and legacy and motivation and Dr. Seuss tubas and ultimately find it is akin to a quest for the Holy Grail of fonts: an epic journey that might just be foolish. But, as Kyle reminds us, the true Grail is the fonts you made along the way... | |||
| Week 27 - Ethereal Elegance (w/ Lindsey Laseter) | 15 Jul 2023 | 00:51:58 | |
Can you tell the difference between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence‽ Special guest Lindsey Laseter joins the guys this week in Part 3 of our AI series to share her perspective on what AI means to the design world. She leaves the guys actually feeling all warm and fuzzy about it. Then Josh throws font descriptions at Lindsey and Kyle and they have to guess if a human wrote it or if ChatGPT wrote it. It was...surprisingly difficult and left Kyle thoroughly embarrassed. AI might be writing font descriptions sooner than you think. But as long as the lawyers from Friends don't come after us, we'll be ok... | |||
| Week 26 Releases - Bring On the Creativity | 07 Jul 2023 | 00:24:19 | |
How can we keep up with all these new fonts‽ Well, we cram three weeks of our favorites into one episode, that's how! The guys discuss Commercial Type's Terza at Editor speed, the delightful refinement of Glazier from Positype, and the out-of-this-world influences of Production Type's Paramount. There is also plenty about whether NaN needed the aid of elves to complete the unconventional NaN Metrify superfamily, how Brutalist Aerospace seems like a fascinating oxymoron with the Air Collection from Pangram Pangram, and just how lazy some letters are allowed to be in Overlap Type Foundry's Outgo. But, please, leave the puns to the professionals... | |||
| Week 25 - A Crazy Person, a Type Designer, or Both | 29 Jun 2023 | 00:29:12 | |
Does it matter where your inspiration comes from‽ We love hearing about where great design ideas come from, but the guys find that your personal design journey can be just as fun when you just do it your way and don't feel obligated to explain your creative decisions. That said, type designers can find inspiration in just about anything, which explains their love of time traveling fonts, creating "a better Plantin", and manhole covers. So sneeze into a napkin and see what font comes out... | |||
| Week 24 - Conform, Conform! | 22 Jun 2023 | 00:31:26 | |
How much is Apple dictating the future of typography‽ Whether it's more 3D type, worrying about your font's weight, or making sure there is always a variable option, there could be big changes coming to the type world. Or not. We're not quite sure what the future holds, but at least there are exciting font newsletters to fill our time with... | |||
| S4E2 - Rebrand Cliff Diving | 31 Jul 2024 | 00:35:00 | |
How adventurous can a big corporate font rebrand really be‽ Obviously, there's a lot of room for improvement there and Josh has a bold new direction for Chipotle to go. The guys also talk Olympic logos, handwritten fonts that make you feel seen, a foundry's equivalent of the Burger King Kid's Club, and the trials and tribulations of font pairing. And Fonty McFontface has a cool new type release that you should definitely check out... Support the Interrogang for as little as $3 a month and help us expand what Proof&Co. and the Interrogang have to offer! These episodes are all thanks to your support! | |||
| Week 23 - Linotype to a New Generation (w/ Doug Wilson) | 13 Jun 2023 | 00:35:20 | |
Why is it so hard to book Etaoin Shrdlu‽ Well, we got Doug Wilson instead, who joins the podcast this week to tell us all about his upcoming Linotype Book Project, documenting the history of the famous typesetting machine and its outsized impact on printing, journalism, and society. You can subscribe to this fantastic project at https://linotypebook.com. We know you’ll want to, we don’t even need to use a Jedi mind trick, move along, move along… | |||
| Week 22 - The Seven Deadly Fonts | 09 Jun 2023 | 00:39:17 | |
How sinful can a font even be‽ This episode smells a bit of sulfur as the guys dream up designs for fonts named after the Seven Deadly Sins. This "tour-de-sins" overcomes its slothfulness to bring us drippy descenders, smoky serpents, and fonts that look like Spider-Man villains. Kyle might be the least wrathful person you'll ever meet and Josh's biggest sin turns out to be using the word "chonky" too much. And we didn't even get to original sin... | |||
| Bonus 05 - J'accuse! | 25 May 2023 | 00:20:35 | |
What are the most "flawless" typefaces out there‽ Well, it's subjective, but type nerd Kyle shares his list for the can't-go-wrong, no-notes independent fonts out there. The guys also dig deep into whether new tech in type constitutes cheating in your design process, or maybe it's just progress, hard to say. And you'll have to listen to hear who Kyle refers to as the "Monstars" of the type world, our first (of hopefully many) ever reference to Space Jam... | |||
| Week 19 Releases - A Little Context | 18 May 2023 | 00:18:15 | |
What does a font go through to become a "mutant"‽ This is the question inspired by Signal Type Foundry's release of Reckham this week, and that's not all! We also discuss the affordability of Kimura Sans from Plau Design, Nova Type Foundry's "whipped-cream dollopy" Baga, why Octavia from Flavia Zimbardi and Tida Tep is the Ethel Merman of fonts, and how the liscensing news about The Freight Collection is big in more ways than one. But still, it doesn't look like any of these fonts will get to join the X-Men... | |||
| Week 18 - We Decide To Give It Power | 12 May 2023 | 00:32:19 | |
How can type design benefit from advancements in AI‽ Kyle's here to tell you how, and whether it's doing the kerning for you, writing your specimen copy, or inspiring new genre mash-ups, Artificial Intelligence might just lead you to the best unpaid intern you've ever had. Then the guys do some soul-searching and identify their "glyph essence". Kyle needs to say "no" more often while Josh has more to say but doesn't want to be a bother... | |||
| Week 17 - One If By Land, Two If By Sea | 03 May 2023 | 00:27:55 | |
How big of a threat is the oncoming AI revolution to type design‽ Well, type nerds, it's hard to say. Josh and Kyle assess the threat level that Artificial Intelligence poses to type designers and find that they're actually less worried about it than everyone else seems to be. Kyle is downright positive about its inspirational impact (surprise, surprise) and Josh thinks cheerleaders are better suited for giving you letters than AI currently is. This episode also includes strong, aggressive stencils, requests for italic handshakes, and a helpful start on your Catcher in the Rye essay... | |||
| Week 16 Releases - Made You Look Twice | 26 Apr 2023 | 00:21:39 | |
Some fonts are more than what they seem, aren't they‽ This week, Kyle takes us on a journey through some recent font releases that may seem unassuming at first, but require a double take, like R Typography's Picaresk, a blocky grot that walks the line between a 19th-century Egyptian look and a 1930s Great Gatsby feel. Or the once in-house Onsite from Sociotype, a font so beloved by the foundry that they decided to share it with the world. Or Pizza Typefaces' Hop, which could be rounded, or straight, or straight-rounded, or rounded-straight. There were also some major collection extensions this week with exciting new styles: Yuni Grotesque from Rudiger on Future Fonts and ABC Laica Mono from Dinamo. And as a bonus for listening to the episode, you'll get to hear Josh recite a type-themed version of a Hamlet soliloquy, lucky you... | |||
| Week 15 - Answer in the Form of a Question | 21 Apr 2023 | 00:37:30 | |
Ready to play along with some Type Jeopardy‽ Josh and Kyle each play host and contestant in this round, with clues coming from three type-themed categories: Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Catch Me 'Ser'if You Can, and Shared Names. Josh thinks there are such things as "Yielding Serifs" and Kyle has gone insane listening to the Jeopardy theme all week, just to win fake money. It all ends with Tech-Master Andrew trying to stump the guys with video game font trivia. There's much to learn from this episode, ranging from font styles decreed by God to the cast of Gilligan's Island, so buckle up! Oh, and their names were Mr. and Mrs. Howell... | |||
| Week 14 Releases - Everything Old is New Again | 12 Apr 2023 | 00:20:40 | |
Care to join us on a typographic journey through time‽ The past week's type releases give us a chance to do just that with Ohno Type Co's art-deco inspired (and perhaps worrisomely named) Regrets; the updated, expanded, and neato Netto from TypeMates; a modernist take on the historical Clarendon with Studio Rene Bieder's Stakkat; and a retro, baseball-inspired Tuscan serif with Dinger from Dingbat Co. Is all this time travel even possible? Well, we and Letteror can Neither Confirm Nor Deny, but we can tell you inky variable fonts might be leading us to a bold, new type world. Man, with all this going on, we haven't had time to deal with our font ennui... | |||
| Week 13 - Fonts Under Our Fingernails | 06 Apr 2023 | 00:27:12 | |
What’s wrong with selling your font as one that can do it all‽ The guys worry that you can oversell the usefulness of your fonts, and thus hurt your actual sales. Can a font fulfill the dream of being "one-size-fits-all" for your needs or does that just make it boring, and perhaps, a liar? Josh also rants about how overused the word "workhorse" has become and Kyle calls for an end to its use. Oh, and the new fonts this week give us some beefy Light weights, erect font posture, and inspiration to knit some truly ugly sweaters... | |||
| S4E1 - This Is Typographic Anarchy | 17 Jul 2024 | 00:40:04 | |
Did you miss us‽ It's been a while and we've got a lot of ground to cover to make up for lost time. This episode has font help for indie comic designers, football jersey oopsies, and a serif wave crashing to shore. We also explore the concept of a juice cleanse for font foundries and introduce a font release that makes us question our very existence. It's a weird one, but we're into weird... Support the Interrogang and help us expand what Proof&Co. and the Interrogang have to offer! | |||
| Week 12 - I Have Further Questions | 29 Mar 2023 | 00:22:51 | |
Did the Big Apple make a big mistake‽ Josh and Kyle are in a New York state of mind this week when they review the new "We Heart NYC" campaign. New York City had the chance to make it here, but instead chose to make it anywhere, and the guys are not impressed. Kyle suggests some New York-based type designers and foundries who could have given the rebrand a better local flair and Josh pitches a typography-based Seinfeld episode. Guess this is what happens when you are a city that never sleeps... | |||
| Week 11 - Change is Hard | 22 Mar 2023 | 00:30:41 | |
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... | |||
| Week 10 Releases - The Essence of a Font | 14 Mar 2023 | 00:17:05 | |
Where does inspiration come from when designing a font‽ There were plenty of answers to that question from this past week, from Beast of England's Acorn reminiscing about Acorn Computers to Clothilde Bouan's Niki, which delightfully reflects artist Niki de Saint-Phalle's extensive repertoire, to DS Type's Prelo Pro taking a cue from...its own Prelo family DNA. We also find that it is a Bold Decision to name your font True Serif and that Lexia from Dalton Maag could have added a few more genres to describe it and we still would have loved its panache. Now, let's talk tittles... | |||
| Week 09 - Typographic Jazz | 08 Mar 2023 | 00:35:10 | |
Is who you know more important than what you know‽ Josh and Kyle cut through the social foofah to put the phrase "It's not what you know, it's who you know" in its place, all while trying to convince you they aren't lonely hermits. There are also two months of type releases to review, and we realize how Ohno Type Co.'s name may hint at our impending doom. It's a lot to handle, but we've got big, jazzy, three-dimensional dreams for 2023... | |||
| Rewind 03 - Are Emojis Typography? | 03 Mar 2023 | 00:18:03 | |
Are emojis typography‽ The debate rages on (or rather, rages from a year and a half ago) in this Rewind episode. Click here to get your 2022 Annual Report and Almanac, our data-driven look at the world of independent typography in 2022! | |||
| Rewind 02 - Designers as Salespeople | 01 Mar 2023 | 00:14:01 | |
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? | |||
| Rewind 01 - Font Character Archetypes | 20 Jan 2023 | 00:33:05 | |
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. | |||
| Week 50 - The Year of Just Right | 31 Dec 2022 | 01:02:42 | |
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... | |||