Jonathan Corum
@13pt.com
Information designer at 13pt.com, former Science graphics editor @nytimes.com
After 20 years of NYT graphics, I’ve switched back to freelance and personal projects. My farewell talk is here: style.org/talk/
How to Give a Talk
My farewell talk at The New York Times.
style.org
January 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
After 20 years of NYT graphics, I’ve switched back to freelance and personal projects. My farewell talk is here: style.org/talk/
Reposted by Jonathan Corum
It’s not often the general public gets a crash course on the considerations of type design, but this is a delightfully geeky article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department?
Type designers weigh in on the recent decision to replace Calibri with Times New Roman in official documents.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It’s not often the general public gets a crash course on the considerations of type design, but this is a delightfully geeky article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Reposted by Jonathan Corum
"There’s nothing that’s not amazing about this." Fact check: true. Also, a @danfagin.bsky.social byline in the NYT, with amazing graphics from @13pt.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"There’s nothing that’s not amazing about this." Fact check: true. Also, a @danfagin.bsky.social byline in the NYT, with amazing graphics from @13pt.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
We visited the Mount Sinai brain bank to understand the long process of preparing brain tissue to diagnose C.T.E.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Manhattan Gunman Had C.T.E. Here Is How Doctors Search for It. (Gift Article)
A definitive diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., can only happen posthumously through a weeks-long process of removing, processing and studying brain tissue.
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We visited the Mount Sinai brain bank to understand the long process of preparing brain tissue to diagnose C.T.E.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
20 years ago today I started work at the NY Times. I’d studied design and typography, but everything else was a crash course: journalism, cartography, CMYK printing, editing, etc.
May 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
20 years ago today I started work at the NY Times. I’d studied design and typography, but everything else was a crash course: journalism, cartography, CMYK printing, editing, etc.
A Lunar Lander’s Busy Day: Eclipse Photos and Rock Collecting
Blue Ghost’s Long Day on the Moon
The sun has set on the Blue Ghost spacecraft, ending a successful mission to the moon.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A Lunar Lander’s Busy Day: Eclipse Photos and Rock Collecting
Reposted by Jonathan Corum
1st day of (Northern Hemisphere) spring, so time to re-re-re-post the best #dataviz I’ve ever done. 365 images of the terminator taken at exactly 6:00 a.m. over the course of a year. Originally made for the NASA Earth Observatory: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/52248...
March 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
1st day of (Northern Hemisphere) spring, so time to re-re-re-post the best #dataviz I’ve ever done. 365 images of the terminator taken at exactly 6:00 a.m. over the course of a year. Originally made for the NASA Earth Observatory: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/52248...
Reposted by Jonathan Corum
The current planetary alignment is more of a loose parade (the planets are spread across about 120 degrees of sky). But now is a great time to enjoy bright Jupiter, Mars, and Venus; with a little effort, you can spot naked-eye Saturn & Mercury too. 🔭🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/s...
February 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The current planetary alignment is more of a loose parade (the planets are spread across about 120 degrees of sky). But now is a great time to enjoy bright Jupiter, Mars, and Venus; with a little effort, you can spot naked-eye Saturn & Mercury too. 🔭🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/s...