Ohno Radio

James Edmondson and Colin Ford talk about the origins and purpose of "The Ohno Book: A Serious Guide to Irreverent Typography.” They discuss trend forecasting in type design, the instructional approach of the book, the importance of proofing and spacing, the influence of family, the business of type design, the evolution of a type foundry, and advice for aspiring designers.

Gen and Zrinka sit down to chat about meeting in grad school, starting a type foundry, and the perils of raising a child while being a type designer. We announce Yumex, the new typeface designed by them, and released through Ohno.

Elizabeth Goodspeed can speak in paragraph form. It’s pretty impressive to me, someone that has to write in paragraph form and then read it aloud. I had been wanting to talk to Elizabeth for a long time, because she’s so funny. I knew she was smart, and a great designer, but I still don’t understand how her brain works. She’s known for spotting trends, naming them, creating archives around them. But her understanding of design goes far beyond aesthetic tropes. In this interview, we talk about punching up vs punching down, why she’s reluctant to get on tiktok, and how she can’t quit twitter.

Summer is here, and so is this 18 minute identity crisis as I navigate running a business, renovating two homes, with two kids, and moving Ohno headquarters from Oakland to San Jose, California.

We go behind the scenes at Ohno to tell the story of our new typeface, Casserole. It began as a reinterpretation of Louis Minott’s Davida from 1966. I got to speak with his granddaughter to learn more about Louis as a designer, father, and grandfather. Then, we have a breif conversation between Colin Ford, and Jamie Otelsberg, the Ohno designers that worked on the project with me.