4. Dysfluent with Conor Foran

How should stuttering look in text? Can representations of stuttering in written form reflect its spontaneity and variety? Host Patrick Campbell is joined by Chris Constantino and artist Conor Foran to discuss how Conor’s final project in art school led him to a decade-long project in creating a typeface, Dysfluent Mono, that represents stuttering. Conor explains how the font tries to escape stereotypical references of stuttering and his journey to publishing the magazine Dysfluent, which uses the font. 

Links

• Conor Foran
• Dysfluent magazine
  • ‘Making Waves’ stuttering pride flag - Dysfluent magazine
  • Stuttering Can Create Time billboard by People Who Stutter Create collective
  • Stuttering Foundation of America
  • Portraits of people stammering - Paul Aston
  • JJJJJerome Ellis 

• Willemijn Bolks
• Stutterology - Ezra Horak
• The Clearing - JJJJJerome Ellis

Chris Constantino is a stutterer and speech language pathologist at Florida State University who teaches stuttering and counselling to graduate students, and supervises therapy. Chris researches how we can make the experience of stuttering better. 

Conor Foran is a London-based Irish artist who stutters. He is the founder of Dysfluent magazine, was a collaborator on the ‘making waves’ stuttering pride flag, and most recently collaborated with the People Who Stutter Create collective to create the Stuttering Can Create Time billboard.