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Stephen Coles
@stewf.com
(he/him) Editorial Director & Associate Curator at @letterformarchive.org in San Francisco. Cofounder of @fontsinuse.com & @typographica.org.

Primarily on Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@stewf

https://stephencoles.org

End the genocide. Cease fire now!
Mast still pulling.
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If you must use ChatGPT to look something up (you probably don’t), ask it to “always provide citations with answers”. This setting is saved for future chats. Then, at least, you can check the sources, the sources get credit for the content ChatGPT stole.
October 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Near the end of the #SanFrancisco #NoKings march, I ran into a @kpfa.org reporter and got on the air. I’m pretty amped up in this recording, partly because it was loud out there, but also nerves and passion.
October 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Please enjoy this goat’s high quality horns and beard. @laureola.bsky.social and I lucked into the East Bay fire-mitigation team on Sunday’s hike.

#Oakland #SFBA #Goats
August 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Fascinating to see how Mastodon reacted to this post. I generally see a similar level of “engagement” on the two platforms, so I think this really shows how Bluesky culture still normalizes the use of problematic platforms (especially Substack!), while Mastodon abhors them.
August 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Just got this email from @americanredcross.bsky.social a couple weeks after donating blood. Very cool that they can tell you where yours went and who it helped. ❤️
August 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
@laureola.bsky.social and I took the slow road from SF to Portland for #TypeCon. There are many sign pics to share, but my favorite thing of all is probably this guy.

#Orick #WoodCarving #RoadsideAttractions
August 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
New Yorkers understand what’s going on in Gaza. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/7/...
August 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Birbday card from @laureola.bsky.social. #umlaut
July 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
June 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
my frequent flying apps all in a flock on the home screen
June 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
1. I look forward to ridding myself of all Google products. Takes effort, but worth it. There are good alternatives. (Using @fastmail.com for all my personal domains now.)

2. When corps send you this BS about the value of AI, make sure you write back and tell them exactly how much AI means to you.
June 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
With @laureola.bsky.social at FontShop Berlin in May 2010, one year after our first date.
May 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Results map from the #Oakland mayoral election tells you most of what you need to know about who supported #BarbaraLee and who supported #LorenTaylor.

For folks who don’t know the East Bay, the purple area is the Oakland hills, where the wealth is.
April 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Here is @m-bleue.com on designers giving a damn. Full video: www.instagram.com/reel/DIje1hS... (I’d love to see this wisdom on platforms other than Meta’s, but thank you for making it!)
April 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Got this unused crepe polyester shirt at a vintage market. It was so fresh the manufacturer’s pins were still in. And look what I found in the pocket. Thanks, Connie!
April 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
#HandsOff in #SaltLakeCity as captured by @marileecr.bsky.social

Video of a bearded man in wraparound sunglasses holding a sign that says “If you ever wondered what you’d do during slavery, the holocaust or civil rights movement: you’re doing it now”.
April 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
March 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
March 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Hello from Mount Shasta.
March 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Translation: “This decision comes as part of Cash App’s effort to earn more interest on your money.”

Block has now removed the main reason I use #CashApp over #Venmo.
March 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
December 23, 2024 at 12:03 AM
I can get with this holiday vibe.

Scholar Printer with Christmas Tree
Color linocut by Moriz Jung
Published by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, ca. 1910
Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art

Greeting card by Stephen Stinehour, Stinehour Editions www.stinehoureditions.com
December 22, 2024 at 11:53 PM
December 20, 2024 at 6:01 AM