15 April 2023
Episode 556
29 minutes
This week on The Stack, we speak to Jonathan Knight, head of games at ‘The New York Times’. He is responsible for the successful Wordle to the iconic NYT crossword. Plus we chat with the founder of ‘Footnotes’, a title dedicated to type design and typography.
15 April 2023
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