Cholla

The Cholla typeface family was designed by Sibylle Hagmann in 1998-99 and named after a species of cactus she encountered in the Mojave Desert. Cholla was originally developed for the…

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Dalliance font

Dalliance

Dalliance Script is based on the elegant handwriting found on a map of a horrific battle between the Habsburg Coalition and France which took place at Ostrach, in southwest Germany,…

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Fairplex font

Fairplex

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Zuzana Licko's goal for Fairplex was to create a text face which would achieve legibility by avoiding contrast, especially in the Book weight. As a result of its low contrast,…

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Filosofia font

Filosofia

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The Filosofia Regular family is designed for text applications. It is somewhat rugged with reduced contrast to withstand the reduction to text sizes. The Filosofia Grand family is intended for…

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Lo-Res font

Lo-Res

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  • Post category:computer

The Lo-Res family of fonts is a synthesis of pixelated designs, including Emigre's earlier coarse resolution fonts, as well as bitmap representations of Base 9. It replaces the preexisting Emigre,…

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Malaga font

Malaga

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Why do we need another typeface? This is a prickly question often asked of typeface designers. Depending on who you ask, the answer in simplified form is usually one of…

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Matrix II font

Matrix II

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Matrix II is a complete reworking of the original Matrix type family which was designed by Zuzana Licko in 1986. The redesign, which started in January 2007, was initiated by…

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Modula font

Modula

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  • Post category:computer

Modula was the first high resolution headline face that Zuzana Licko designed with the Macintosh computer. In 1985, the computer was very crude as far as being able to produce…

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Modula Round and Ribbed font Mr Eaves Modern font

Mr Eaves Modern

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Mr Eaves is the often requested and finally finished sans-serif companion to Mrs Eaves, one of Emigre’s classic typeface designs. Created by Zuzana Licko, this 2009 addition to the Emigre…

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