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A close up of a page of Dysfluent Issue 2. Blue typography representing stammering.
The typeface Dysfluent Mono is used to represent the person’s stammer. Here Patrick Campbell describes stammering in relation to the medical model of disability. October 2023.
Dysfluent is an independent magazine that explores the lived experience of stammering facilitating contrasting and challenging views.

issue 2

Unfolding the cover reveals a flurry of stammering typography stemming from the proud quote. Between the letterforms are reflections of doubt, shame and stigma adapted from interviews in the magazine. October 2023.
Issue 2: Stammering Pride
October 2023
ISSN 2977-0297
Supported by Arts Council England
Stammering pride has emerged as a compelling movement in the cause for self-affirmation, dignity and equality for people who stammer. But what does it mean to be proud of something you associate with struggle and pain? Dysfluent Issue 2 is a 110+ page compilation of interviews and visual artwork celebrating and challenging stammering pride.
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Editor
Conor Foran
Producer
Bart Rzeznik
Design
Contributors
Patrick Campbell
Penny Farrell
Jack Nicholas
Kristel Kubart
Ruban Pillai
Audra Wolowiec
Willemijn Bolks
Paul Aston
JJJJJerome Ellis
Making Waves
Puneet Singh Singhal
Maya Chupkov
Print
Munken Kristall Rough [cover]
Arena Smooth [inside]
Printed by Park Communications
Typefaces
Dysfluent Mono by Conor Foran
Ruder Plakat by Lineto
Stratos by Production Type
MEntors & support
Patrick Campbell
Daniel Caulfield-Sriklad
Kimberley Dines
Nathan Smith
Kristel Kubart
Penny Farrell
Voon Pang
Dr. Maria Stuart
A magazine on a dark blue surface. Its front cover is light seagreen with dark blue typography.
The cover of Dysfluent magazine issue 2 is designed with the colours inspired by the Making Waves’ stuttering pride flag: seagreen and ultramarine. October 2023.
Across 110 pages, the magazine celebrates and challenges stammering pride through interviews, articles and visual art.
The back cover of Dysfluent Issue 2.
‘I want to embrace, not just accept, stammering’ questions what accepting stammering really means, and if it’s enough. October 2023.
A close up of light seagreen paper with dark blue typography printed on it.
The concertina folded front cover expresses a dichotomy of the stammering experience: pride and shame. October 2023.
A close up of Dysfluent Issue 2.
Pull-quotes in the magazine remain in their paragraphs, challenging the idea of the perfectly-said phrase. October 2023.

issue 1

A stack of magazines on a wooden table. Dysfluent magazine issue 1 is at the top. It is cyan-coloured and its title ‘Dysfluent 1’ in bright red.
The outlined typography on the cover is a quote from an interview within the magazine. The questions poke at misconceptions and doubts.
Issue 1
October 2019
Supported by Irish Stammering Association & STAMMA
Around 1% of the world's population stammers. How does it impact their lives? Is stammering different from stuttering? And what about a cure? Dysfluent Issue 1 is a 60+ page compilation of interviews with people who describe the everyday joys and obstacles of living with a stammer.
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Editor
Conor Foran
Producer
Bart Rzeznik
Contributors
James Connolly
Mark Dupre
Bevin Murphy
Veronica Murphy
Jonathon Linklater
Stutterer (Benjamin Cleary)
Print
Colorplan Turquoise [cover]
Arcoprint [inside]
Printed by Park Communications
Typefaces
Dysfluent Mono by Conor Foran
Spectral by Production Type
A close up of a page of Dysfluent Issue 1, showing the stretched and repeated letterforms of Dysfluent Mono.
This quote is taken from an interview with James Connolly. October 2019.
anned image of Dysfluent Issue 1. On the left page is a repeated red image of a man’s mouth. On the right is a text interview with Benjamin Cleary, director of short film Stutterer.
Interview with Benjamin Cleary, director and writer of Oscar-winning short film Stutterer (2017). October 2019.
A scanned image of Dysfluent Issue 1. It is a close up of the left page, showing a text interview.
As people who stammer, Bevin’s mother Veronica describes how she tried to normalise stammering in their household. October 2019.
A close-up of the front cover of Dysfluent Issue 1’s cyan-coloured cover. The wave-pattern paper embossing is seen clearly.
The front cover has a coltskin embossing. The textured, swirling effect echoes the ‘sinking feeling’ mentioned on the back cover. October 2019.
A scanned image of Dysfluent Issue 1. The left page is red with typography that represents a stammer. The right page features interview text.
The first interview of the magazine is with James Connolly, who at the time was a manager of a cafe in Dublin. October 2019.

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Issue 2
Dysfluent Issue 2 is distributed in the UK, Europe, Asia and North America by Antenne Books.
Issue 1
Dysfluent Issue 1 (digital) is available in our shop.
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