I posted episode 6 of Read Between The Leading last night. I got a chance to talk about my distaste for Arial with type designer Mark Simonson. If you’ve ever read this blog before, perhaps you’ve caught a few posts about how I’m not a fan of Arial. We also got a chance to ask Mark about his own typefaces and talked a bit about the call for a rupee symbol.
On this episode we have special guest Mark Simonson join us. We talk to Mark a bit about his work in type design (Felt Tip Roman, Proxima Nova, Coquette, Mostra), we discuss his article The Scourge of Arial, we touch upon the call for a Rupee symbol, and finally we address our questions from the last show (name the at sign and the postmodern typeface) where we announce a winner for the Helvetica moleskin.
We’re also looking for prizes to give out in future shows, so if you’d like to donate a prize to the show, please give us an email (readbetweentheleading@gmail.com). We’re also going to be doing a special question and answer show during the week, so if you’d like to participate, call in before Wednesday with a question or comment at 646-402-5686 extension 20248. Finally, we’ve done a lot to improve our audio this week. Thanks to everyone for their feedback and thanks so much for sticking with us.
Shownotes for Episode 6
The Scourge of Arial - the history of the face and how it relates to other sans-serifs.
A look at the different classifications of sans-serifs.
The competition to design the Rupee symbol.
Erik Spiekermann’s response to the Rupee symbol.
A list of names for the at sign.
The new Flickr group to post your rupee symbol sketches.
Thanks again to El Ten Eleven for letting us use their music. Go buy an album on iTunes.
