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Elliot Jay Stocks

@elliotjaystocks.bsky.social

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👋 Designer / author / speaker 📗 Universal Principles of Typography 👨‍💻 Adobe Fonts ⌛️ Google Fonts, 8 Faces, Lagom ⚠️ (Views are my own) 🔗 https://elliotjaystocks.com/links

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Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 2h

Yes! Keep forgetting you’re in Bristol!

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 6h

Sad to have missed you at the pub, but nice to have said a brief IRL hello! Loved the talk!

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Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 7h

@ahumanfuture.co @scott.is @bell.bz @strange.website @whitep4nth3r.com @robbowen.digital @lurkmoophy.bsky.social @alexolder.com @loftio.co.uk @bryn.codes @darn.es @oliverlindberg.com @orangetronic.bsky.social Had to run an errand, but see you in the King St Brew House for a quick pint before home!

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Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 8h

So much internet in one room today. It’s lovely!

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 11h

So lovely of @scott.is to include my book in his talk at @webdevconf.com! Thank you, mate!

Oh, if anyone wants to follow Scott’s advice… elliotjaystocks.com/books

A photo shot from the audience at WDC Bristol, showing Scott Riley on stage, with his slides shown on a screen behind. On the current slide, the cover of Elliot Jay Stocks’ book ‘Universal Principles of Typography’ and the text “Just fucking buy Elliot’s book”.

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Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 14h

En route to @webdevconf.com. Frustratingly, it looks like I’m going to arrive about halfway into @strange.website’s talk. Yep, I’m going to be *that* guy. Looking forward to seeing everyone, though!

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 1d

Same!

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 1d

@aarongilmore.bsky.social @davidhughes.org @kaylees.site Wipr purchased! Getting all of my Safaris set up now.

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 1d

Although I now hate my personal site (who doesn’t?), I might as well throw it in the mix. elliotjaystocks.com Looking forward to your talk!

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Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 2d

Looks cool, although I’m wary of orgs that wholesale clone another product.

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Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting, but being desktop-only makes it a no-go for me.

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting! I’ll check it out.

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 2d

It *does* have that going for it. But is it a good experience, though?

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 2d

100% agreed.

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 3d

I feel you. But if they can’t fix Dia, they’re definitely not going to fix Arc! 🤣

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Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 3d

Any Dia users out there finding Okta Verify no longer works? It’s crazy that such a tedious, practical, day-to-day issue is what’s forced my hand to switch from Dia as my default browser.

Well, that and the lack of sync. And its weird detachment from Arc.

So, what‘s everyone using these days?

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Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 3d

This is going to be super interesting.

I Love Typography @ilovetypography.bsky.social · 3d

Our first Fonts-and-AI Conference is here!

Oct.23–24.

Program & tickets are available here:

trust.ilovetypography.com/fonts-and-ai/

We look forward to seeing you there!

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 7d

Very jealous. Every speaker worries about this, I’m sure. Please mass-produce and I’ll buy one, @fronteers.bsky.social!

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 7d

I’d pay good money to have this.

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 7d

Huge congrats, man. So proud of you.

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you, Jeffrey!

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 9d

Interesting! That’s a great reason! But sadly still less creepy for it, I think.

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 9d

It’s day 1 of #inktober ’25! I wasn’t planning on following the prompts, but when I saw that today’s was ‘moustache’, I couldn’t resist drawing Bill Skarsgård’s moustachioed Nosferatu.

(Why *did* they do that? Such a strange decision.)

A digital drawing based on a still from the 2024 film Nosferatu, rendered in black and blue, with the character’s moustache highlighted.

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Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks! See you there!

Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 9d

Next Thursday (9th), I’ll be having an informal and candid chat to Katy Cowan at @creativeboom.com about the power of Grayskull — I mean *side projects*.

It’s online and free to attend — just sign up to The Studio (again, for free).

community.creativeboom.com/events/ellio...

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