{"podcast":{"title":"Creative Characters","slug":"creative-characters-2638861","podcast_index_feed_id":2638861,"rss_url":"https://monotype.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.monotype.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/5/b/a/f5ba76605c9e0af6d959afa2a1bf1c87/Larger_Icon_Badge_1.png","author":"Monotype","episode_count":111,"summary":"We live in a world awash in typography - whether we realize it or not. From the road signs that lead us home to the phones in our pockets, typography is front and center in nearly every waking moment of our day. Come meet the people and hear the stories behind the letters that shape our world.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-characters-2638861"},"episode":{"title":"Signal Type: Crafting letters with passion and precision.","slug":"signal-type-crafting-letters-with-passion-and-precision","published_at":"2026-02-04T01:19:49+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-characters-2638861/signal-type-crafting-letters-with-passion-and-precision","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-characters-2638861","url":"https://www.monotype.com/podcast","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/monotype/E602_-_Max_Phillips_FINALMIX_V2_CJO_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=2618777","summary":"New York-born Max Phillips has been drawing letters for money since he was a teenager. But his path to full-time type design was a bit circuitous — and even involves a stint as a novelist. Join us as Max, founder of Dublin-based Signal Type, waxes poetically about designing typefaces. He shares the creative process behind his diverse library; how Hermann Zapf has influenced him; and the delicate balance between crafting bold faces to amuse yourself and making versatile fonts for the design world. Check out the newly expanded version of Max's Reckham family from Signal Type on MyFonts and Monotype Fonts. You can find blog posts for this and past episodes at monotype.com/podcast .","meta_description":"New York-born Max Phillips has been drawing letters for money since he was a teenager. But his path to full-time type design was a bit circuitous — and ev…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3117,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creative-characters-2638861/episodes/signal-type-crafting-letters-with-passion-and-precision/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-characters-2638861/signal-type-crafting-letters-with-passion-and-precision.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}