Ryan Gosling is seated in his therapist's office. When his therapist asks him what's bothering him, he gulps down the lump in his throat and starts talking about how Papyrus, the font that the blockbuster movie Avatar (yes, the one with the blue-skinned, human-alien hybrid creatures) used in its logo, was haunting him.
So it was no surprise when Hua Shu—creator of the FontDiscovery newsletter—said that Papyrus or anything resembling Papyrus is the font she’ll never use even when all hell breaks loose.
A rebellious spirit from the start, design—fonts in specific—gave Hua a space to break rules and channel her rebelliousness. Today, she is a designer, coder, design professor, Google Font contributor, and a full-time font nerd!
Hit that play button below to enjoy a 27-ish minute glimpse at the world of typography - through the eyes of a clay-loving-kid who had no idea she’d fall in love with fonts when she grew up.
This is episode #9 on The Newsletter Nerd Show.
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