Helvetica® Now With Monotype's Charles Nix

Helvetica® Now With Monotype's Charles Nix

Nerds and tech folk have always had a special fascination with typeface and font design, and especially with the venerable Helvetica. Today we're going to talk to Charles Nix, who's foundry Monotype had the challenge of updating Helvetica for the 21st century with Helvetica Now. A lot of these bonus episodes are you learning along with me as we take deeper dives into certain tech topics, well no more so than this episode because I knew absolutely nothing about this area of design and so was fascinated to learn about what goes into creating a typeface from an artistic, design, and even business perspective. Sponsors: HappyCog.com/ride Mealime This is what the Helvetica Now looks like. This is the ad-free premium feed! Subscribe now!

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Dippin Dots

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Trump got the big AI companies to sign a voluntary, "morally binding" safety accord. OpenAI's DevDay delivered Dots, always-on agents, plus GPT-6.1 Sol and a play to make ChatGPT the new app store. Am...

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We Have The Anthropic IPO Numbers

We Have The Anthropic IPO Numbers

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29 Sep 22min

Starship Reaches Orbit For The First Time

Starship Reaches Orbit For The First Time

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28 Sep 21min

Is Copilot Microsoft's Everything App?

Is Copilot Microsoft's Everything App?

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25 Sep 20min

Meta Made a Tamagotchi for Its AI

Meta Made a Tamagotchi for Its AI

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24 Sep 19min

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