# Typeface on The No Agenda Show

Typeface comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from January 2013 to December 2020.

- **Chapters:** 3
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Discussed:** January 2013 – December 2020
- **Related topics:** [Bones](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bones.md), [Library Of Congress](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/library-of-congress.md), [Forensics](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/forensics.md), [Cookbook](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cookbook.md), [Csi](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/csi.md), [Forensic Science](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/forensic-science.md), [Television Tropes](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/television-tropes.md)

## Chapters 1–3 of 3

### TV Show Bones, Forensic Science Absurdity

- **Episode:** [1300: Electrical College](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1300-electrical-college.md)
- **Published:** 2020-12-05
- **Time:** 2:44:42–2:46:16
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1300-electrical-college/chapter/tv-show-bones-forensic-science-absurdity.md

A classic clip from the TV show "Bones" is played to illustrate the absurdity of forensic science tropes in popular media. In the clip, a character claims to identify a specific 1993 institutional cookbook by running a typeface through a Library of Congress database. The hosts mock this as a "cheap writer's trick" that misleads the public about technical capabilities.

Keywords: [bones](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bones.md), [forensic science](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/forensic-science.md), [typeface](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/typeface.md), [library of congress](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/library-of-congress.md), [cookbook](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cookbook.md)

### Television Forensics Tropes and Typeface Databases

- **Episode:** [889: The Christmas Special](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/889-the-christmas-special.md)
- **Published:** 2016-12-26
- **Time:** 2:11:20–2:13:16
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/889-the-christmas-special/chapter/television-forensics-tropes-and-typeface-databases.md

The TV show "Bones" is criticized for a scene where a character identifies a specific cookbook by running a typeface through a non-existent "Library of Congress database." The hosts mock the absurdity of television writers inventing forensic technologies, such as identifying a publication date based solely on a font style.

Keywords: [bones](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bones.md), [forensics](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/forensics.md), [library of congress](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/library-of-congress.md), [typeface](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/typeface.md), [csi](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/csi.md)

### TV Forensics Ridicule, Margarine Typeface

- **Episode:** [475: Tsunami Bomb](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/475-tsunami-bomb.md)
- **Published:** 2013-01-03
- **Time:** 2:34:49–2:36:40
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/475-tsunami-bomb/chapter/tv-forensics-ridicule-margarine-typeface.md

The forensic science depicted in the TV show "Bones" is ridiculed for a scene where a character identifies a specific cookbook by running a typeface through a fictional Library of Congress database.

Keywords: [bones](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bones.md), [forensics](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/forensics.md), [typeface](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/typeface.md), [library of congress](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/library-of-congress.md), [television tropes](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/television-tropes.md)

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