Stephen’s obsession with type and lettering wreaks havoc in his daily life where he is routinely tripped by fire hydrants while admiring vintage signs. Fortunately, his freakishness found a home at FontShop where he served as Type Director from 2004-2010. A specialist in typeface selection, Stephen is now a writer and typographic consultant, doing work for a variety of foundries and design studios. He publishes the blogs Typographica and The Mid-Century Modernist.
food
Bread. Thai mango and sticky rice. Dairy in nearly any physical state, liquid (cream) or solid (cheese). If there was a dairy gas, I'd breathe that.
book
On my desk now is Sofie Beier's "Reading Letters: designing for legibility". It's an excellent overview of the variety of decisions a typeface designer can make, and how those decisions affect performance. The book isn't just for font makers -- it's really interesting and useful for type users too.
drink
Coffee: 90% espresso, 5% cream, 5% sugar.
film/tv
The Daily Show, daily. The Judge John Hodgman Podcast, weekly.
travel
My optimal year: spring in Berlin, summer in Stockholm, autumn in the Rocky Mountains, and winter in San Francisco. Mission nearly accomplished this year!
collection
Coming Soon
invention
Coming Soon
plant
Coming Soon
sound
Coming Soon
blog
Letters: typographica.org
Letters on signs: fleurs-coiffeur-liqueur.tumblr.com
Letters on cars: chromeography.com
Letters on everything: fontsinuse.com
Not letters, just modernism: midcenturymodernist.com
animal
Flo the cat.
expert
Type: Type Spotter
Personal: Bird Spotter
when not at type camp
bird-watching, modernism-admiring, digital-collecting