Speaker Stephen Coles

Stephen “Stewf” Coles, Associate Curator & Editorial Director (he/him), joined Letterform Archive after serving on its Board of Directors since its inception. For over 20 years, he has been active in the type community, initially as a creative director at FontShop, and later as a consultant, connecting font makers with users. Stephen wrote the book The Anatomy of Type and co-founded the websites Typographica and Fonts In Use. With his background in design and journalism, combined with a love of type history, Stephen is responsible for the online voice of the Archive, and shares the collection through the blog and other editorial projects. As a member of the curatorial team, Stephen helps shape the future of the collection, and he co-curated the Strikethrough exhibition.