Stories

Linus Bowman explores the history of the Papyrus font, tracing its path from a doodle to a pre-installed font on millions of computers.

A comic logo that made it to the big screen

A chat with Jake Giltsoff from Adobe and Make Type Work about my start in fonting through the birth of Swell Type, and spotting fonts in the wild.

Podcast interview with the Monotype crew at Adobe Max 2025

Reading the magic 8-ball with Kelci from Monotype at TypeCon 2025

Talking the font business with Stefan von Imhof from alternative investment company alts.co

I collect and unite the typographic story of Santa Barbara for vacant storefront windows.

The inspiration and design process behind the Hellafine font.

The inspiration and design process behind the Newshound font.

Selecting a pair of my favorite fonts for Print Magazine on Valentine's Day

In the booth and on the podcast with Monotype at Adobe Max 2023.

Interview with The Ringer on the story of Avatar Fonts and the SNL sketches.

I'm in the first episode of Monotype's series of "Inside the Craft" foundry story videos.

The inspiration and design process behind the Beachwood font.

The story of how Rams halfback Fred Gehrke created the first football helmet logo.

I share tips for creating authentic-looking comic pages on the Adobe Fonts Show.

Designing and painting signs at my son's high school.

The inspiration and design process behind the Jetlab font.

The inspiration and design process behind the Goodland font.

The inspiration and design process behind the Silver Streak font.

I re-create nine classic surf posters using the Paradise Point font.

The inspiration and design process behind the Paradise Point font.

The inspiration and design process behind the Hyperspace Race font.

An interview on the challenges of "going it alone" as a type designer for the Monotype site.