Elliot Jay Stocks

Brussels (stop #2 on the Fine Specimens book tour) was incredible! Thanks so much to @Waterstones@mas.to for hosting the event, Paddy for leading our conversation, everyone who came along (especially @maxvoltar@mastodon.design, @drbparsons@mastodon.social, @dannycalders@typo.social, @matratype@typo.social, and Kaat Vandenbroeck), and everyone who’s following the tour via my pop-up newsletter (https://buttondown.com/notes-from-a-different-typesetting). Photos by Tim, Paddy, and Doc.

Next stop: Düsseldorf at @btconf@mastodon.social!

I’m so excited to be attending @btconf@mastodon.social in two weeks’ time. Honestly, it’s consistently one of the very best conferences out there. And yes, I’m doing a Fine Specimens launch event there, too, but would be there anyway!

https://beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusseldorf-2026

I can hardly believe the day has finally come, but I’m beyond thrilled to say that my new book is… out! In theory, if you walk into a bookstore today, you should be able to buy or a least order Fine Specimens.

I’ve just published a post on the blog about the book, the book tour, and the book tour newsletter. The tour kicks off tonight!

https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/a-book-a-book-tour-a-newsletter

The new newsletter is heading to inboxes right now! In this issue, we’ve got:

— news about my books
— new font releases
— new-to-me foundry discoveries
— type designer interviews
— typographically inspiring websites, tools, and streams
— a discount code for @typeparis@mastodon.design Now26.

You can read the issue online, too:

https://elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter/time-dilating-chaos

“Nobody should have a billion dollars,” writes Tom Whyman for The Outline. “People don't have a strong intuitive sense of how much bigger 1 billion is than 1 million. 1 million seconds is about 11 days. 1 billion seconds is about 31.5 years.”

https://theoutline.com/post/8187/billionaires-are-not-people

(Found via this week’s @densediscovery@mastodon.social.)

Earlier this week, I sent out the latest issue of my #typography newsletter.

This little video scroll-through hopefully gives you a taste, but feel free to head over to https://elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter/how-done-is-done to read the issue in your browser.

This one featured work by the new foundry @dogray@typo.social, a WIP font from Manic Type, an interview with @alicesavoie@typo.social, a database of women leading foundries, the new CAPTN OffScript podcast, a look at rescuing wood type by Daniel Swartz...

Got a big ol’ issue of my newsletter going out later today (or perhaps early tomorrow if the stars don’t align).

This one contains a load of new type-related links *and* a collection of inspiring work I found while at @typeparis@mastodon.design Now24, so if that sounds like the kind of thing you might like to receive in your inbox, please consider lending me your email address!

(Plus, I never look at unsubscribe data, so there’ll be no hard feelings if you decide it’s not for you.)

https://elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter