Since 1990 Sumner Stone has been the Founder of Stone Type Foundry Inc. located on Alphabet Farm in Rumsey, California. He has designed over 200 typefaces including four major superfamilies. Sumner is a also a logotype designer, lettering artist, author, and teacher. He was the first Director of Typography for Adobe Systems where he conceived and implemented Adobe’s typographic program including the Adobe Originals along with consulting on the development of Adobe’s type editing software. He was responsible for inventing Adobe’s Multiple Master technology and directing its initial development. He also established Adobe’s Type Advisory Board.
He is the author of On Stone: The Art and Use of Typography on the Personal Computer as well as many articles about typography and typeface design in books and periodicals. He has given workshops and lectured widely on these topics, and has taught calligraphy, typography, and type design at various institutions.
The 6-week type design programme that you’ve been waiting for starts on 3 June and ends 11 July 2025
Our summer programme is in English and covers typeface design and calligraphy techniques, type history, and software practices. Every kind of design professional can learn about type design in a relatively short amount of time.
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Great line up of speakers on graphic design, typography. Fabulous workshops. Join us on 31 May 2025!
We think it is important to create platforms to let various universes communicate about their love of typography in their everyday practice. Come to Paris for the 31 May 2025 to listen a mix of inspiring speakers evoking topics as broad as graphic design, web design, motion design, publishing, visual identity, communication and type design.
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