The Interrogang Podcast

Have you ever considered the font needs of monsters‽ Josh and Kyle are tasked with that very thing in this special Halloween episode as they go about designing business cards for things that go bump …

Can type design ever be considered dangerous‽ The guys tackle the idea that designs that "push the boundaries" can sometimes go too far and become stupid or even dangerous. Josh shares a story from h…

What could be better than two typography podcasts for the price of one‽ Josh and Kyle team up with Micah Rich and Olivia Kane from The League of Moveable Type's Weekly Typographic and have a rollicki…

Can you engage with typography using all five of your senses‽ Kyle takes us on a fantastic voyage through the senses of the human body, exploring far-reaching realms of typography though smell, taste…

Can you describe what a font looks like from the name alone‽ Josh and Kyle see if they can with mixed results. Font names can be weird and Eklektyk, leave you feeling Wild or like a Hopeless Diamond,…

Is there such a thing as a "foundry groupie"‽ Josh and Kyle hang out in the typographic green room and talk about foundries that set themselves up as one-stop shops and how often font buyers only loo…

Is there a difference between boring and bad design‽ The guys try to keep things good and exciting while realizing that boring design might just be the backbone of typography and bad design can somet…

What did we miss over summer break‽ Kyle guides us through several of the best font releases from the summer of '22 while Josh tries not to get in the way. Kyle commits acts of physical prowess and J…

Why is it so hard to find out who designed a font‽ Josh can't always find a designer listed when a font is released and finds this baffling. He's on a crusade to see designers listed, and he wants na…

Ever talk to someone who's using the word "lettering" when they should be saying "type"‽ Kyle serves as judge, jury, and dictionary this week to clarify some of the most common wording mix-ups in typ…

Isn't it just better to talk about type in-person‽ The guys are excited to be recording from the same room for the first time, and they take that energy to talk about the joys of discussing and takin…

Be honest: how do you really feel about Helvetica and Arial‽ If your answer is a hot take, then this episode is for you! It's Typographic Hot Takes Round 2! Kyle poses some of the most controversial …

Can you tell the difference between the description of a font and the description of a bottle of wine‽ Josh puts Kyle to the test in a game of "Font or Fine Wine" and may have accidentally ended Kyle…

Do you feel relevant when it comes to the fonts you create‽ We all strive to see ourselves in our work, but we want other people to like it too, of course! Kyle ponders what the point of it all is, b…

What is the Interrogang without Kyle‽ Well, we'd rather not find out. Kyle is away this week, so Josh curates some deleted scenes from this season to tide us all over until Kyle returns. There are me…

Where is that artistic feedback that we all so crave‽ It's time to go back to school, but don't worry, this week's episode is an easy A. Josh enrolls us all in Earth University and tries to find you …

Do you ever feel like you don't get enough credit for your type work‽ Josh and Kyle would like to give you the credit you deserve, seeing as attribution in the type world seems, well, to not really b…

Have you ever been worried about sacrificing your artistic principles for a job‽ Josh and Kyle tackle the idea of "selling out" in type and realize that it may simultaneously be inevitable and not re…

Where can you turn when you don't know when to use a certain font‽ Let's Google it! Kyle runs through a bunch of new releases and turns to Josh (because there was no one else around) to help us all d…

Don't you think that with great fonts comes great responsibility‽ In the releases this week, we are transported to a California drum circle, take a look at something just slightly fancier than what y…