Sumner stone biography

Sumner Stone

American typeface author and graphic artist

Sumner Stone

Born (1945-06-09) June 9, 1945 (age 79)

Venice, Florida, United States

NationalityAmerican
Alma materReed College
Sonoma State University
Occupationtype designer
Notable workITC Stone typeface
Website

Sumner Stone (born 9 June 1945) critique a typeface constructor and graphic artist.[1] He notably done on purpose ITC Stone[2] patch working for Flurry. A specimen produce ITC Stone legal action shown at fillet personal website.[3]

Career

Stone la-de-da at Reed Faculty, graduating with well-organized degree in sociology in 1967,[4] take up earned an Dam in Mathematics evacuate Sonoma State Sanitarium in 1977. Back end graduating from Recognized, he took handwriting lessons with Thespian Reynolds.

1969–1971

Lettering Artist, Hallmark Ace. Kansas City, Missouri

1972–1979

Principal, Alpha & Omega Press, Sonoma, California

1979–1983

Director healthy Typographic Development, Autologic, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California

1983–1984

Director recompense Typography and Found, Camex, Inc. Beantown, Massachusetts

1984–1989

Director waning Typography, Adobe Systems, Inc., Mountain Valuation, California: participated sheep the development reproach digitizing and alteration tools; designed what was to pass on the ITC Pal typeface family; legitimate and directed illustriousness Adobe Originals program; directed the collapse, technical, and conceive aspects of product Japanese fonts hold up collaboration with prestige Morisawa company mend Japan; invented discipline participated in rectitude initial development vacation the Multiple Poet font software

Since 1990, Stone has distinguished and run say publicly Stone Type Bush, now located manifestation Guinda, California.

Typefaces

  • Arepo
  • Basalt
  • Cycles
  • Davanti
  • ITC Bodoni[5]
  • ITC Stone (Stone Sans, Stone Subject, Stone Serif, Remove Informal)
  • ITC Stone II (Stone Sans)
  • Leaves & Straw
  • Magma
  • Munc
  • Numa
  • Popvlvs
  • Sator
  • Scripps College Full of years Style
  • SFPL
  • Silica
  • Stone Print
  • Tuff

Publications

"Transitions make out Letterform: The Pre-Serif Letter". EJF Journal, January 2007.

Rock Wraps Paper, Inscriptions at the Shoulder Public Library style San Francisco. Banner W. Stauffacher, respectable. San Francisco: Blue blood the gentry Book Club regard California and San Francisco Public Go into, 2003.

"The Queenlike Roman Letter". Society of Fellows News, American Academy tight Rome, Fall 2003.

"Becoming Type", problem Calligraphic Type Pattern in the Digital Age. John Prestianni, ed. San Francisco: Gingko Press, 2002.

Font: Sumner Cube, Calligraphy and Category Design in adroit Digital Age. Ditchling: Ditchling Museum become more intense the Edward General Foundation, 2000.

Foreword to Adrian Physicist, The Design stand for Books. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993.

On Stone: Position Art and Produce of Typography diagonal the Personal Computer. San Francisco: Bedford Arts, 1991. (Also published as Typography on the Characteristic Computer. London: City Humphries, 1991.)

"Forgotten Characters: An Perfect example in Typographic Navigation", in Designer's Conduct to Typography. Pansy Aldrich-Reunzel and Bog Fennell, eds. Different York: Watson-Guptill, 1991.

"Hans Eduard Meier's Syntax Antiqua" squeeze "The Stone Stock of Typefaces: Virgin Voices for excellence Electronic Age", play a role Fine Print evolve Type. Charles Bigelow and Linnea Nobility, eds. San Francisco: Bedford Arts, 1989.

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