Sumner Stone is a typeface designer based in California, USA. From 1984-1989, Sumner was the Director of Typography for Adobe Systems, Inc where he created and carried out Adobe's typographic program. In 1990, Sumner founded the Stone Type Foundry Inc. where he continues to work as a typeface designer.

Sumner will be teaching a four-day type design workshop called "Structure and Emotion in Letterform" from May 28-31 in San Francisco at Letterform Archive and the letterpress studio at the City College of San Francisco. If you can't make it to Sumner's workshop, he is lecturing on the same topic on Wednesday May 28 at 7pm at the Adobe Town Hall. Click here for more details!

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