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Sep 29, 2026
Unfinished Business 144: Veronika Burian: Futura 100
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2:30Richard RutterHOST
Yeah.
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2:31Veronika BurianGUEST
We will start with the whole promotion machine, I think in September, October, when we getting rid of our second phase of the Futura 100 project.
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2:41Richard RutterHOST
I was going to ask you a little bit about that in a sec, but first of all, you know, how did you start it? I mean, type together is all you and Jose, Jose Scalioni, and you met at Reading, University of Reading there, but why did you decide to start a type foundry and why the two of you?
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3:01Veronika BurianGUEST
You have to remember that back in 2004, 5, 6, the whole type world and the type industry was rather different from today.
32 MINS LATER
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34:51Richard RutterHOST
I hope it continues that way.
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34:53Richard RutterHOST
Thank you so much for your time.
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34:54Richard RutterHOST
It's been fascinating to talk to you here about Futura 100 and how things work at TypeTogether.
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35:01Andy ClarkeHOST
Yeah.
74. Fonts
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1:20Zachary CrockettHOST
That copy of the New York Times is set in the old-school charm of Cheltenham and Georgia.
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1:26Zachary CrockettHOST
And the billboards on your way to work might feature Futura or Arial Black.
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1:32Zachary CrockettHOST
Behind each and every one of these fonts, there are hundreds of little design choices made by someone like Lucas Sharp.
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1:41Lucas SharpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You look at some typefaces and it's like, dang, she's a brick house.