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The World’s Most Hated Font
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Mar 4, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Comic Sans has been called everything from childish to tacky, but it might actually be the perfect example of what a typeface is supposed to be. We speak with author David Kadavy, lettering artist Alex Trochut, and “Why Fonts Matter” author Sarah Hyndman and discover how this divisive font came to be and how it represents the biggest revolution in typography since Gutenberg. To find blogs and images for each episode, go to domestika.org/podcasts. And to find online courses on hundreds of creative topics, go to domestika.org.
Released:
Mar 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (20)
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