Bob Wertz
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Bob Wertz
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Creative director and Ph.D. Student at the University of South Carolina. Type designer. Gamecock fan. Cubs fan. F1 fan.
Impressed with the new Methodical Coffee in The Bull Street District in Columbia. Really awesome to see this area finally coming together.
October 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Scout Motors partnered with local coffee shops to buy coffee for Columbia today. Pretty cool event, and we are happy to have Scout in our community. Thanks for the free drink today! (And the stickers.)
September 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I love these moments when Team Wertz is all together. Getting all three kids together at the same time is getting tougher and tougher.
August 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Two new typefaces for my 50th birthday: https://bobwertz.com/2025/08/02/two-new-typefaces-for-my.html

Two new typefaces: SbB Nineteen 75 is a free download and SbB Certiphica will be available soon at MyFonts
August 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
In honor of my 50th birthday today, I decided to release a free font: SbB Nineteen 75.
August 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
July 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Excited that Cotton Bureau has finally added custom stickers. I added a few sticker designs, including my old film camera stickers.
July 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
SbB Emote: A colorful faux emoji set built in Fontstruct: https://bobwertz.com/2025/07/06/sbb-emote-a-colorful-faux.html

I built a set of adorable icons on Fontstruct.
July 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Adobe's Project Indigo a home run in tough lighting: https://bobwertz.com/2025/07/05/adobes-project-indigo-a-home.html

A quick comparison of two shots at a baseball game show the promise of Adobe’s computational camera app.
July 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Fireflies baseball. A beautiful night to catch a minor league game.
July 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My dad randomly asked me if I wanted the typewriter my grandparents bought him when he graduated college. He used it in seminary and his first call. Uh, YES! So I now have a Royal Safari manual typewriter. Seems to work well. Just need a new ribbon.
July 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Embracing old tools in new ways + two new Fontstruct designs: https://bobwertz.com/2025/07/03/embracing-old-tools-in-new.html
July 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Artificial intelligence with a side of seasoned fries: https://bobwertz.com/2025/06/21/artificial-intelligence-with-a-side.html

A brief “review” of Bo-Linda: Bojangles AI-based drive-thru ordering system
June 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Saw a double rainbow on my way back from picking up dinner.
June 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Switching my blog into summer mode. My fish logo is now the summer vacation version with sunglasses.
June 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Working in a Starbucks that’s just been renovated. It’s located at a major interstate interchange and was clearly designed to be primarily a drive thru location. Very small inside. The long bench is new, and probably a better use of space.
June 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
May 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Wrapped up a really long middle school lacrosse season. Ryan had a great season in goal and he’s continuing to learn the craft, but I am incredibly glad that we’re done for a little while.
May 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Luxury experience: https://bobwertz.com/2025/05/16/luxury-experience.html

Reflecting on a favorite hotel in Charleston, SC that was just honored as one of the best in America.
May 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
May 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Prom pictures for my Jilly.
May 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
April 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
April 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Happy Easter from Team Wertz!
April 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I’m back to playing around on Fontstruct. Just published SbB Powercore, a unicase, pixel-inspired design. I’m digging this combination of unicase characters. Still a work in progress.
April 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM