Stephen Coles

Stephen Coles https://stephencoles.org Stephen Coles Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:30:24 +0000 https://stephencoles.org en bio http://stephencoles.org/bio Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:30:24 +0000 Stephen Coles 167874 Medium BioStephen Coles (he/him) is Editorial Director & Associate Curator at Letterform Archive, a nonprofit library and educational center in San Francisco, where he co-curated the exhibition Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest. As an editor and community builder who seeks to connect font makers with font users, Stephen co-founded the websites Fonts In Use and Typographica, and wrote the book The Anatomy of Type. Previously, he was a creative director at FontShop, and a member of the FontFont TypeBoard. Long Bio Stephen “Stüf” Coles (he/him) was raised in Salt Lake City where he was drawn to publishing by his father who ran a local magazine, and was hooked on fonts the moment his family got a Mac. In college, instead of attending class, he learned about type (and life) as a designer at his university newspaper, The Daily Utah Chronicle. After a brief stint as a freelancer in Stockholm, Stephen moved to San Francisco in 2004 to serve as FontShop’s creative director and a member of FontFont’s TypeBoard. He was also an independent consultant, connecting font makers with font users and advocating for the interests of both groups. While at FontShop, he served as a host for the TYPO Berlin conference, where he met his wife, Laura Serra. Stephen co-founded the websites Typographica and Fonts In Use, wrote a monthly column for Print magazine, and authored the book The Anatomy of Type. In 2017, he joined the nonprofit library and museum Letterform Archive as Associate Curator & Editorial Director. With his background in design and journalism, combined with an obsession for type history, Stephen is responsible for the online face and voice of the Archive, and helps to shape the future of the collection. <img width="1500" height="1780" width_o="1500" height_o="1780" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9db4f33544572202451923b8786fc9ed646ef13298fd9fa3c28459823fa9b5c3/hello-my-name-is-stephen-coles.jpg" data-mid="895380" border="0" /> ← Back Medium BioStephen Coles (he/him) is Editorial Director & Associate Curator at Letterform Archive, a nonprofit library and educational center in San Francisco,... Home Page http://stephencoles.org/Home-Page Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:19:05 +0000 Stephen Coles 1364 Stephen Coles is Editorial Director & Associate Curator at Letterform Archive in San Francisco. He also co-publishes Fonts In Use and Typographica.    Previously, Stephen wrote the book The Anatomy of Type and was a creative director at FontShop.     He shares his life with his wife, Laura Serra. Longer bios → OTHER BOOKS2013  The Field Guide to Typography  introduction 2015  The Evolution of Type  foreword 2022  Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest  contributions 2023  Only on Saturday: The Wood Type Prints of Jack Stauffacher  essay 2025  Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens 1986–2024  preface OTHER PROJECTSTypographica Library  learn about letters Font ID  identify lettersStrikethrough exhibition  letters for protest Chromeography  letters on carsFleurs Coiffeur Liquor  letters on buildingsThe Mid-Century Modernist  not letters Stüf Stuff  ephemeral residueTALKS 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 at Letterform Archive Breaking the Swiss Grid at Letterform Archive Bauhaus Typefaces at Letterform Archive Letterforms of the Viennese Secession at Letterform Archive Neon/Font with SF Neon Neon/Matchbook with SF Neon Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest at Ephemera Society Webfonts Today on the state of screen type in 2014 ChromeographyARTICLES Behind the Scenes with Licko & VanderLans  2025 Inside Emigre Fonts  2025 The Darden Type Design Archive  2024 Schriftenkartei, a Typeface Index  2023 Milwaukee Transit Passes of the 1930s–60s  2022 Right On Is a Powerful Little Paperback…  2022 Jack Stauffacher’s Studio  2019 Lautsprecher Gets Its Voice Back  2019 Herbert Matter Letters & Logos  2018 Linotype Master Drawings  2017 Review: Size-specific Adjustments to Type Designs  2014  Brief Typeface Reviews for Identifont  2014–2019 INTERVIEWS San Francisco Chronicle 2019  Listgeeks 2011  Typekit 2015  GQ 2021 Corita Kent: The Pop Art Nun 2021 PAST CLIENTS 101 Editions  Font Bureau  Identifont  MVB Fonts  Persona  Production Type  Schick Toikka  Type Network  Webtype ELSEWHERE Mastodon typography  Mastodon not typography  Answers to type questions  Pictures  Bits of work  Contact Stephen <img width="1200" height="1085" width_o="1200" height_o="1085" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e98274c541348f7984666f3e51dbcc3ed238570bdc33044437aa2b45a998daa8/FloatingStewf-trans.png" data-mid="631" border="0" data-scale="10"/>Portrait by Laura Serra. Stephen Coles is Editorial Director & Associate Curator at Letterform Archive in San Francisco. He also co-publishes Fonts In Use and Typographica.   ...