HomeView: really happy we kerned lowercase with uppercase (eV) when we designed San Francisco many years ago. I understand why most fonts don't do it, but it made sense for Apple. You'd be surprised how many little details like that are in SF, never mentioned. Still proud of it!
Dreams do come true, folks: designing the typeface for the Ferrari Luce has been one the absolute highlights of my life ferrari.com/en-EN/auto/ferra…
In the immortal words of @mbutterick: “And never choose Times New Roman or Arial, as those fonts are favored only by the apathetic and sloppy.” practicaltypography.com/typo…
There are many videos about and with Ieuan Rees, the most popular is one of him carving an inscription in his workshop, which became titled “Unintentional ASMR” and yeah, letter cutting is definitely ASMR-inducing youtube.com/watch?v=QwNENr8o…
Oh yeah, and here is Ieuan on BBC News, once the ASMR video took off they did a thing on "Welsh stone carver is unintentional YouTube star" youtube.com/watch?v=j_64x7xr…
My personal favourite is “The Grave Maker” by Kelly Smith. I was lucky to visit Ieuan in Ammanford in 2017 and spend two days with him between the old mill and the workshop, and he was exactly as you see him in Kelly’s (slightly earlier) film youtube.com/watch?v=sEC2MvYE…
Letter Exhange has also made the recording of Ieuan’s LX talk freely available until January 9th, 2026, here letterexchange.org/archive#L…
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I’m at a loss for words over Jim Parkinson’s death. Such a lovely human being, and such a giant in the fields of art & design. R.I.P.
When I used to visit Jack Stauffacher’s studio on 300 Broadway in SF, he would always send me to Bill Stout’s amazing store, around the corner. So grateful to have played a tiny part in relaunching Stout for the future. Check out the new identity! stoutbooks.com
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William Stout bookstore is a legendary home to design and architecture books. Now, it’s revealing an updated brand courtesy of Jony Ive’s firm LoveFrom. f-st.co/95995ig
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LoveFrom has unveiled a new graphic identity and typeface for William Stout Architectural Books, a mainstay of the city’s architecture and design community for over 50 years wallpaper.com/design-interio…
Whenever Apple announces a new chip—this week’s being the C1 modem—I’m glad we made the decision to design the figures in SF so they are a. proportional by default, b. cap-height and c. slighty wider than usual. There’s a tiny story to how we got there, for some other time ;-)
Excellent set of videos on carving letters in stone by Barry Thomas (poorfrankraw.co.uk). Several interesting bits which I’ll point out below 🧵 youtube.com/watch?v=4sIQIeyX…
Finally, in Part 7 Barry puts it all together. Cellulose thinners transfer method on slate, cut, painting the stone with spray paint (another unusual, but very effective technique) and finally finishing the stone with what he calls “slate oil” (40% lineseed oil, 60% turpentine)