32 min
Episode 1: Discrimination in Typography (featuring Doug Thomas) Reticle
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As Designers it is important to learn about the history of type and typography. It is important to learn history regardless of the genre, replicating archived events is a detriment to our future. The chronicles of type shape the content and can add many denotations to our designs, but what happens when the history is dark, when designers have used type as a form of hate or discrimination? Join us as we interview Doug Thomas, Educator, Type Historian and Author of Never Use Futura, as he talks to us about the history of type during WW2 and even gives us some examples of modern day discrimination in typography. It is important for us as designers to learn from the past and grow from others mistakes in hopes of creating a more inclusive typographic society.
As Designers it is important to learn about the history of type and typography. It is important to learn history regardless of the genre, replicating archived events is a detriment to our future. The chronicles of type shape the content and can add many denotations to our designs, but what happens when the history is dark, when designers have used type as a form of hate or discrimination? Join us as we interview Doug Thomas, Educator, Type Historian and Author of Never Use Futura, as he talks to us about the history of type during WW2 and even gives us some examples of modern day discrimination in typography. It is important for us as designers to learn from the past and grow from others mistakes in hopes of creating a more inclusive typographic society.
32 min