Elliot Jay Stocks
@elliotjaystocks.bsky.social
👋 Designer / author / speaker
📗 Universal Principles of Typography
👨💻 Adobe Fonts
⌛️ Google Fonts, 8 Faces, Lagom
⚠️ (Views are my own)
🔗 https://elliotjaystocks.com/links
📗 Universal Principles of Typography
👨💻 Adobe Fonts
⌛️ Google Fonts, 8 Faces, Lagom
⚠️ (Views are my own)
🔗 https://elliotjaystocks.com/links
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November 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I know referral links can be a bit gross, but for services I genuinely use and love, why not, eh?
I use Plum for micro-investments and can thoroughly recommend it. It also has auto-savings features, which I don’t use — but probably should.
friends.withplum.com/r/hj4E8Tv6E1
I use Plum for micro-investments and can thoroughly recommend it. It also has auto-savings features, which I don’t use — but probably should.
friends.withplum.com/r/hj4E8Tv6E1
My book, Universal Principles of Typography, now has a Spanish edition!
Principios universales de tipografía is available in Spanish-speaking countries worldwide. Huge thanks to the Quarto team for negotiating foreign rights, Blume for publishing this edition, and Panta Rhei Madrid for this photo.
Principios universales de tipografía is available in Spanish-speaking countries worldwide. Huge thanks to the Quarto team for negotiating foreign rights, Blume for publishing this edition, and Panta Rhei Madrid for this photo.
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
My book, Universal Principles of Typography, now has a Spanish edition!
Principios universales de tipografía is available in Spanish-speaking countries worldwide. Huge thanks to the Quarto team for negotiating foreign rights, Blume for publishing this edition, and Panta Rhei Madrid for this photo.
Principios universales de tipografía is available in Spanish-speaking countries worldwide. Huge thanks to the Quarto team for negotiating foreign rights, Blume for publishing this edition, and Panta Rhei Madrid for this photo.
Do I send out the next newsletter with the cover reveal of my next book in the next day or so, or will it just get lost in the chaos of early Black Friday emails?
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Do I send out the next newsletter with the cover reveal of my next book in the next day or so, or will it just get lost in the chaos of early Black Friday emails?
I would never usually recommend buying my book — or any books — from Amazon, but I’ve just noticed that they’re currently (in the UK at least) selling it for £12 (RRP £30), so if you’ve been holding off, or you want to grab it for a gift, I wouldn’t hold it against you!
amzn.to/47MOtNP
amzn.to/47MOtNP
Universal Principles of Typography: 100 Key Concepts for Choosing and Using Type (Rockport Universal)
We communicate with text every single day, but The art and science of typography combines subtle tweaks to line lengths with harmonious combinations of weights and styles; considered typeface pairi...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I would never usually recommend buying my book — or any books — from Amazon, but I’ve just noticed that they’re currently (in the UK at least) selling it for £12 (RRP £30), so if you’ve been holding off, or you want to grab it for a gift, I wouldn’t hold it against you!
amzn.to/47MOtNP
amzn.to/47MOtNP
Started my week off by getting my workspace sorted.
Adobe furnished me with a lovely MacBook Pro, but swapping my Studio Display between that and my personal Mac Mini was a pain — until I got a switcher!
Combine that with a stick-on mount for the Mac Mini (and cable tidies) and it’s now very zen.
Adobe furnished me with a lovely MacBook Pro, but swapping my Studio Display between that and my personal Mac Mini was a pain — until I got a switcher!
Combine that with a stick-on mount for the Mac Mini (and cable tidies) and it’s now very zen.
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Started my week off by getting my workspace sorted.
Adobe furnished me with a lovely MacBook Pro, but swapping my Studio Display between that and my personal Mac Mini was a pain — until I got a switcher!
Combine that with a stick-on mount for the Mac Mini (and cable tidies) and it’s now very zen.
Adobe furnished me with a lovely MacBook Pro, but swapping my Studio Display between that and my personal Mac Mini was a pain — until I got a switcher!
Combine that with a stick-on mount for the Mac Mini (and cable tidies) and it’s now very zen.
I owe an apology to Tidal: there was a weird browser caching issue which meant that I was signed into a different Tidal account while transferring music from Spotify via TuneMyMusic. All fixed now. And it’s a nicer interface than Apple Music and YouTube Music.
Decided to try Tidal (in my continued efforts to find Spotify alternatives) and it failed at the first hurdle: saved artists, albums, playlists, etc. are visible in the web player, but not the apps. (WTF?)
YT Music too full of non-music cruft.
Apple Music still a total mess (on desktop).
Help.
YT Music too full of non-music cruft.
Apple Music still a total mess (on desktop).
Help.
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I owe an apology to Tidal: there was a weird browser caching issue which meant that I was signed into a different Tidal account while transferring music from Spotify via TuneMyMusic. All fixed now. And it’s a nicer interface than Apple Music and YouTube Music.
My publisher is doing a giveaway where you can win different bundles of books in the ‘Universal Principles of…’ series, including mine!
There are some crackers in there. The UX and Architecture books are my personal faves.
www.quarto.com/campaign/Roc...
There are some crackers in there. The UX and Architecture books are my personal faves.
www.quarto.com/campaign/Roc...
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My publisher is doing a giveaway where you can win different bundles of books in the ‘Universal Principles of…’ series, including mine!
There are some crackers in there. The UX and Architecture books are my personal faves.
www.quarto.com/campaign/Roc...
There are some crackers in there. The UX and Architecture books are my personal faves.
www.quarto.com/campaign/Roc...
Decided to try Tidal (in my continued efforts to find Spotify alternatives) and it failed at the first hurdle: saved artists, albums, playlists, etc. are visible in the web player, but not the apps. (WTF?)
YT Music too full of non-music cruft.
Apple Music still a total mess (on desktop).
Help.
YT Music too full of non-music cruft.
Apple Music still a total mess (on desktop).
Help.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Decided to try Tidal (in my continued efforts to find Spotify alternatives) and it failed at the first hurdle: saved artists, albums, playlists, etc. are visible in the web player, but not the apps. (WTF?)
YT Music too full of non-music cruft.
Apple Music still a total mess (on desktop).
Help.
YT Music too full of non-music cruft.
Apple Music still a total mess (on desktop).
Help.
While I was attending @beyondtellerrand.com in Berlin, I snuck backstage to see my talented friend Norman Posselt (normanposselt.com), who very generously offered to take my photo. Norman can make even my wild fisherman vibe appear vaguely presentable! Thank you, mate.
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
While I was attending @beyondtellerrand.com in Berlin, I snuck backstage to see my talented friend Norman Posselt (normanposselt.com), who very generously offered to take my photo. Norman can make even my wild fisherman vibe appear vaguely presentable! Thank you, mate.
Berlin! Who’s in town for @beyondtellerrand.com?
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Berlin! Who’s in town for @beyondtellerrand.com?
Earlier this week, I sent out the latest issue of my #typography newsletter.
This little video scroll-through hopefully gives you a taste, but feel free to head over to elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter/h... to read it in your browser.
This little video scroll-through hopefully gives you a taste, but feel free to head over to elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter/h... to read it in your browser.
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Earlier this week, I sent out the latest issue of my #typography newsletter.
This little video scroll-through hopefully gives you a taste, but feel free to head over to elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter/h... to read it in your browser.
This little video scroll-through hopefully gives you a taste, but feel free to head over to elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter/h... to read it in your browser.
I’m so happy to see the new beyondtellerrand.com live! Partly because it’s beautiful, partly because it’s a collab between 3 of my friends (@mikekus.bsky.social, @bastianallgeier.com, @marcthiele.com), but mainly because it now accurately captures the vibe of actually being *at* Marc’s event.
beyond tellerrand: Europe’s best loved conference for coders & creatives.
beyond tellerrand is the affordable single-track event where creativity and technology meet. Taking place in Düsseldorf and Berlin these days with 500+ attendees each in a renowned, familiar and frien...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I’m so happy to see the new beyondtellerrand.com live! Partly because it’s beautiful, partly because it’s a collab between 3 of my friends (@mikekus.bsky.social, @bastianallgeier.com, @marcthiele.com), but mainly because it now accurately captures the vibe of actually being *at* Marc’s event.
Over the weekend, I finished writing the next issue of my #typography newsletter and I’ll be sending it out tomorrow.
If you like hearing about new fonts, new foundries, interviews with designers, and the progress of my type specimen book, lend me your address to get it in your inbox tomorrow!
If you like hearing about new fonts, new foundries, interviews with designers, and the progress of my type specimen book, lend me your address to get it in your inbox tomorrow!
Elliot Jay Stocks | Elliot’s newsletter, Typographic & Sporadic
Elliot Jay Stocks is a designer & author, usually doing something with typography, or making music as Other Form
elliotjaystocks.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Over the weekend, I finished writing the next issue of my #typography newsletter and I’ll be sending it out tomorrow.
If you like hearing about new fonts, new foundries, interviews with designers, and the progress of my type specimen book, lend me your address to get it in your inbox tomorrow!
If you like hearing about new fonts, new foundries, interviews with designers, and the progress of my type specimen book, lend me your address to get it in your inbox tomorrow!
I’m very happy to announce that today is my first day as Senior Staff Designer on the Adobe Fonts team — and, in fact, the first day I’ve been an employee of *anywhere* in 18.5 years! I wrote a bit about it on the blog:
Elliot Jay Stocks | Adobe Fonts: once more, with feeling!
Elliot Jay Stocks is a designer & author, usually doing something with typography, or making music as Other Form
elliotjaystocks.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I’m very happy to announce that today is my first day as Senior Staff Designer on the Adobe Fonts team — and, in fact, the first day I’ve been an employee of *anywhere* in 18.5 years! I wrote a bit about it on the blog:
@ahumanfuture.co @scott.is @bell.bz @strange.website @whitep4nth3r.com @robbowen.digital @lurkmoophy.bsky.social @alexolder.com @loftio.co.uk @bryn.codes @darn.es @oliverlindberg.com @orangetronic.bsky.social Had to run an errand, but see you in the King St Brew House for a quick pint before home!
October 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
@ahumanfuture.co @scott.is @bell.bz @strange.website @whitep4nth3r.com @robbowen.digital @lurkmoophy.bsky.social @alexolder.com @loftio.co.uk @bryn.codes @darn.es @oliverlindberg.com @orangetronic.bsky.social Had to run an errand, but see you in the King St Brew House for a quick pint before home!
So lovely of @scott.is to include my book in his talk at @webdevconf.com! Thank you, mate!
Oh, if anyone wants to follow Scott’s advice… elliotjaystocks.com/books
Oh, if anyone wants to follow Scott’s advice… elliotjaystocks.com/books
October 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
So lovely of @scott.is to include my book in his talk at @webdevconf.com! Thank you, mate!
Oh, if anyone wants to follow Scott’s advice… elliotjaystocks.com/books
Oh, if anyone wants to follow Scott’s advice… elliotjaystocks.com/books
En route to @webdevconf.com. Frustratingly, it looks like I’m going to arrive about halfway into @strange.website’s talk. Yep, I’m going to be *that* guy. Looking forward to seeing everyone, though!
October 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
En route to @webdevconf.com. Frustratingly, it looks like I’m going to arrive about halfway into @strange.website’s talk. Yep, I’m going to be *that* guy. Looking forward to seeing everyone, though!
Any Dia users out there finding Okta Verify no longer works? It’s crazy that such a tedious, practical, day-to-day issue is what’s forced my hand to switch from Dia as my default browser.
Well, that and the lack of sync. And its weird detachment from Arc.
So, what‘s everyone using these days?
Well, that and the lack of sync. And its weird detachment from Arc.
So, what‘s everyone using these days?
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Any Dia users out there finding Okta Verify no longer works? It’s crazy that such a tedious, practical, day-to-day issue is what’s forced my hand to switch from Dia as my default browser.
Well, that and the lack of sync. And its weird detachment from Arc.
So, what‘s everyone using these days?
Well, that and the lack of sync. And its weird detachment from Arc.
So, what‘s everyone using these days?
This is going to be super interesting.
Our first Fonts-and-AI Conference is here!
Oct.23–24.
Program & tickets are available here:
trust.ilovetypography.com/fonts-and-ai/
We look forward to seeing you there!
Oct.23–24.
Program & tickets are available here:
trust.ilovetypography.com/fonts-and-ai/
We look forward to seeing you there!
October 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is going to be super interesting.
It’s day 1 of #inktober ’25! I wasn’t planning on following the prompts, but when I saw that today’s was ‘moustache’, I couldn’t resist drawing Bill Skarsgård’s moustachioed Nosferatu.
(Why *did* they do that? Such a strange decision.)
(Why *did* they do that? Such a strange decision.)
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It’s day 1 of #inktober ’25! I wasn’t planning on following the prompts, but when I saw that today’s was ‘moustache’, I couldn’t resist drawing Bill Skarsgård’s moustachioed Nosferatu.
(Why *did* they do that? Such a strange decision.)
(Why *did* they do that? Such a strange decision.)
Next Thursday (9th), I’ll be having an informal and candid chat to Katy Cowan at @creativeboom.com about the power of Grayskull — I mean *side projects*.
It’s online and free to attend — just sign up to The Studio (again, for free).
community.creativeboom.com/events/ellio...
It’s online and free to attend — just sign up to The Studio (again, for free).
community.creativeboom.com/events/ellio...
October 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Next Thursday (9th), I’ll be having an informal and candid chat to Katy Cowan at @creativeboom.com about the power of Grayskull — I mean *side projects*.
It’s online and free to attend — just sign up to The Studio (again, for free).
community.creativeboom.com/events/ellio...
It’s online and free to attend — just sign up to The Studio (again, for free).
community.creativeboom.com/events/ellio...
Very much enjoying Hindsight — an RSS reader for iOS by Scott Robbin. This is exactly the level of simplicity I’m looking for in an RSS reader.
(Found via @densediscovery.bsky.social)
(Found via @densediscovery.bsky.social)
Hindsight: a news and RSS reader
An RSS reader that helps you keep up with the news without the stress of endless feeds and unread counts.
hindsight.today
October 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Very much enjoying Hindsight — an RSS reader for iOS by Scott Robbin. This is exactly the level of simplicity I’m looking for in an RSS reader.
(Found via @densediscovery.bsky.social)
(Found via @densediscovery.bsky.social)
Well, guess who just bought himself a ticket for next Friday’s @webdevconf.com?
I spoke there many, many moons ago and this year’s event (in particular) looks like a great chance to see a bunch of internet pals in real life, and probably a few web design OGs, too.
Who’s going?!?
I spoke there many, many moons ago and this year’s event (in particular) looks like a great chance to see a bunch of internet pals in real life, and probably a few web design OGs, too.
Who’s going?!?
WDC2025 - October 10 2025, Watershed, Bristol, UK
WDC is the web conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year. With great speakers and attendees alike.
webdevconf.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Well, guess who just bought himself a ticket for next Friday’s @webdevconf.com?
I spoke there many, many moons ago and this year’s event (in particular) looks like a great chance to see a bunch of internet pals in real life, and probably a few web design OGs, too.
Who’s going?!?
I spoke there many, many moons ago and this year’s event (in particular) looks like a great chance to see a bunch of internet pals in real life, and probably a few web design OGs, too.
Who’s going?!?
From the first glimpse of red (top left) to today’s incredible colours (bottom right) — the Virginia Creeper outside my little garden studio really knows how to autumn.
September 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
From the first glimpse of red (top left) to today’s incredible colours (bottom right) — the Virginia Creeper outside my little garden studio really knows how to autumn.
Once again toying with the idea of moving from Spotify to Apple Music. Once again dipping my toe via a 1-month free trial. Once again wondering how the Apple Music macOS app is still so... um... challenging?
I know there are some third-party Apple Music clients out there. Any personal recs?
I know there are some third-party Apple Music clients out there. Any personal recs?
September 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Once again toying with the idea of moving from Spotify to Apple Music. Once again dipping my toe via a 1-month free trial. Once again wondering how the Apple Music macOS app is still so... um... challenging?
I know there are some third-party Apple Music clients out there. Any personal recs?
I know there are some third-party Apple Music clients out there. Any personal recs?