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 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

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.

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

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