The Type Pod
Anitra and Jason are two type nerds, who share the strange and wonderful stories of the typefaces we read every day (and their mutual disdain for Goudy)
Episodes
8 episodes
Emergency election typeface pod: 'The Balto conspiracy?'
Inger gathered the team for an emergency pod about Balto the 2013 typeface chosen for the Harris Waltz campaign. After one failed attempt – which tested Inger’s patience about kerning — we nailed it (although we may inadvertently st...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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26:53
Goudy
After a long delay (we blame the state of the world, frankly - exhausting) it's finally the end of season one of The Type Pod! In this episode we finally tackle our least favourite typeface: Goudy. We learn about the designer, Fred...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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53:35
Baskerville
In this episode we talk about Baskerville, which is the most trustworthy typeface (as proven by Science.) Anitra has Feminist Thoughts about designer John Baskerville and thought it would be inappropriate for Jason to mansplain thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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54:08
Times New Roman
In this episode, David joins us again as we examine the history of that most ubiquitous of typefaces, Times New Roman, which is much more interesting than Times New Roman itself - honest. Anitra volunteered to do the typefac...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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35:04
Bodoni
After a longer than intended - “we’re out of lockdown and we have a social life again!” - pause The Type Pod is back. In this episode we deep dive into Bodoni, that typeface most beloved by designers of fashion magazines. Ace designer, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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38:38
Gill Sans
Content warning: this pod contains details of historical sexual abuse. Due to technical issues during recording, we skip our advertised feature on Times New Roman; although fear not, we will return to Times New Roman i...
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28:03