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Hello, type friends! is podcast hosted by Elliot Jay Stocks (Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts, 8 Faces, etc.) who’s lucky enough to count some extremely talented and well-known type designers, lettering artists, illustrators, authors, and type-loving creatives as his friends. Each episode involves Elliot sitting down with a friend for an informal chat about life, work, and, well… whatever comes up. No script. No plans. And no Bézier curves. Because who wants to listen to people talk about such visually-centric nuances on an audio-only podcast? Instead, type is the common thread that binds everyone together, and listening to Hello, type friends! hopefully feels a bit like overhearing a couple of mates chatting in the pub.

Elliot Jay Stocks


    • May 23, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 46m AVG DURATION
    • 8 EPISODES


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    Jamie Clarke

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 49:38


    Elliot sits down with Jamie Clarke — a  type designer and lettering artist who just happens to live in the same village in rural Somerset. Actually, Elliot and Jamie have been friends for years, and have been collaborating since the early days of 8 Faces. This is an edited version of a much longer ramblechat, in which they discuss Jamie's forthcoming new typeface Nave, his self-initiated studio projects that have won him high-profile client work, the journey to his “third” career, and the threats and opportunities posed by AI.A few things mentioned in this episode include:Jamie & Filip's article on AI for Smashing MagType Design intensive (TDi) course at ReadingThe Dark Art of Pricing by Jessica HischePrice with Purpose by GooodtypeHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiSpecial plug: Elliot's new project, Fine Specimens, is currently fundraising on Kickstarter until 13th June. Help bring it to life! —You might also enjoy Elliot's newsletter Typographic & Sporadic, which is typographic in its nature and sporadic in its delivery. —Hello, type friends! is published by Margin Media, Ltd. Theme music by Other Form.

    Ty Finck

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 34:14


    Elliot sits down with Ty Finck — an old friend in internet terms — to talk about making music regularly, liberating his last foundry to Google Fonts, his F-Bombs project, and — a recurrent theme this season — the woes of social media.Special plug: Elliot's new book, Universal Principles of Typography, is out now and available from anywhere that sells books. You can find a few handy links to buy it on elliotjaystocks.com/book You might also enjoy Elliot's newsletter Typographic & Sporadic, which is typographic in its nature and sporadic in its delivery.

    James Edmondson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 49:42


    Elliot sits down with James Edmondson of OH no Type Co. — whose typefaces Degular and Swear are used in Elliot's new book and indeed the branding for this podcast — to talk about the realities of launching and growing a type foundry, making his own bass guitars, stealing good ideas, and a bit of reminiscing about the good ol' CSS Zen Garden. You might also enjoy Elliot's newsletter Typographic & Sporadic, which is typographic in its nature and sporadic in its delivery.

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    Francis Chouquet

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 40:40


    Elliot sits down with Francis Chouquet, a type designer, lettering artist, printmaker, and former web designer who's based just outside of Basel, Switzerland, to talk about the weekly schedule that enforces time away from screens, using physically distinct locations to do different kinds of creative work, and how he's grown his audience via his newsletter, The Typochondriac Weekly.The book Francis mentions in this episode is How to Do Nothing, by Jenny Odell. He and Elliot also mention the newsletters and membership programme run by Craig Mod.  You might also enjoy Elliot's newsletter Typographic & Sporadic, which is typographic in its nature and sporadic in its delivery.

    Emma Luczyn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 49:48


    Elliot sits down outside a pub in Bristol with designer and lettering artist Emma Luczyn, who was responsible for Elliot's hand-lettered logo. They talk about Emma's journey as a self-prescribed black sheep in a non-creative family, budgeting sensibly as an art student, delaying getting a ‘real job' in order to travel, moving from print design to web design to lettering, and how her family life has come about as a direct result of her creative pursuits. Warning: as well as some NSFW language in this one, there's an actual mention of Bézier curves. Please forgive us. You might also enjoy Elliot's newsletter Typographic & Sporadic, which is typographic in its nature and sporadic in its delivery.

    Erik Spiekermann

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 52:50


    Elliot sits down for a cup of tea at Erik Spiekermann's house in London to discuss his successes and failures, his latest typeface neue Serie57®, the relationship between paper and screen, and why Frutiger could very well be the typeface Erik takes to a desert island. Warning: lots of swearing!

    Dan Cederholm

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 43:45


    Elliot sits down with Dan Cederholm, who many will know for his pioneering web design work, his multiple books, and as the co-founder of Dribbble. These days, Dan's studio Simplebits is a type foundry, so Elliot and Dan talk learning new skills, career reinvention, the woes of social media, and moving from digital to analogue and back again — all with a healthy (or is that unhealthy?) dose of reminiscing about the good ol' days of the web.

    Jessica Hische

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 48:49


    Elliot sits down with Jessica to discuss juggling family life with deadlines, why books take so long to get published, the kind of logo redesign work she's been enjoying, through to all the preparation she's been doing to open her bricks-and-mortar store in Oakland.

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