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Sumner Stone is the principal of Stone Type Foundry Inc. in Palo Alto, California. Founded by Mr. Stone in 1990, Stone Type Foundry designs and markets new typefaces and creates custom designs for a variety of clients. Mr. Stone is the designer of the ITC Stone, Stone Print, Silica, Arepo, Cycles, Basalt, and SFPL typeface families. He was the art director and one of the designers of the prize-winning ITC Bodoni. He is the author of On Stone: The Art and Use of Typography on the Personal Computer.
From 1984 to 1989 Mr. Stone was Director of Typography for Adobe Systems, Inc., Mountain View, California where he conceived and implemented Adobe’s typographic program including the Adobe Originals.
Mr. Stone’s background includes training and experience as a mathematician, type designer, calligrapher, graphic designer, and teacher. His education in the graphic arts began when he studied calligraphy with Lloyd Reynolds at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He holds a B.A. from Reed and an M.A. in mathematics from Sonoma State University. He worked for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri, and managed his own design studio in Sonoma, California. He has also been Director of Typography and Design for Camex, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, and Director of Typography for Autologic, Inc., Newbury Park, California. He has taught lettering and typography at several institutions, including San Francisco State University, University of California Extension (Berkeley & Santa Cruz), and Otis Institute of Art of the Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles. He has written and lectured extensively in the field of typography and design. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Association Typographique Internationale, and is editor of Type, the journal of the ATypI.
Stone Type Foundry
Category:Type Designers
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Biography
Sumner Stone is the principal of Stone Type Foundry Inc. in Palo Alto, California. Founded by Mr. Stone in 1990, Stone Type Foundry designs and markets new typefaces and creates custom designs for a variety of clients. Mr. Stone is the designer of the ITC Stone, Stone Print, Silica, Arepo, Cycles, Basalt, and SFPL typeface families. He was the art director and one of the designers of the prize-winning ITC Bodoni. He is the author of On Stone: The Art and Use of Typography on the Personal Computer.
From 1984 to 1989 Mr. Stone was Director of Typography for Adobe Systems, Inc., Mountain View, California where he conceived and implemented Adobe’s typographic program including the Adobe Originals.
Mr. Stone’s background includes training and experience as a mathematician, type designer, calligrapher, graphic designer, and teacher. His education in the graphic arts began when he studied calligraphy with Lloyd Reynolds at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He holds a B.A. from Reed and an M.A. in mathematics from Sonoma State University. He worked for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri, and managed his own design studio in Sonoma, California. He has also been Director of Typography and Design for Camex, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, and Director of Typography for Autologic, Inc., Newbury Park, California. He has taught lettering and typography at several institutions, including San Francisco State University, University of California Extension (Berkeley & Santa Cruz), and Otis Institute of Art of the Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles. He has written and lectured extensively in the field of typography and design. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Association Typographique Internationale, and is editor of Type, the journal of the ATypI.
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