Stephen Coles is Editorial Director & Associate Curator at Letterform Archive in San Francisco. He also co-publishes Fonts In Use and Typographica.
Stephen wrote the book The Anatomy of Type and was previously a creative director at FontShop. He shares his life with Laura Serra.
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PERSONAL PROJECTS
Chromeography letters on cars
Fleurs Coiffeur Liquor letters on buildings
The Mid-Century Modernist not letters
Stüf Stuff ephemeral residue
TALKS
A Typeface is a Chair on selecting and using type
State of the Mart on making and selling type
What’s the Use of “Fonts In Use”?
Pre-digital Type Specimens on foundry ephemera at Letterform Archive
Neon/Font
Webfonts Today on the state of screen type in 2014
Chromeography
INTERVIEWS
San Francisco Chronicle 2019 Listgeeks 2011 Typekit 2015
PAST CLIENTS
101 Editions Font Bureau Identifont MVB Fonts Persona Production Type Schick Toikka Type Network Webtype
ELSEWHERE
Twitter typography
Twitter not typography
Answers to type questions
Pictures
Bits of work
Contact Stephen