Zuzana Licko

Born in 1961, Zuzana Licko is a Slovak-born American type designer who had her hand in the creation of numerous typefaces along with co-founding the graphic design magazine Emigre. This magazine is a product of the founding of the Emigre company, of which the magazine is named after. She had co-founded this alongside her husband, Rudy Vanderlans. While at this company, she had designed a majority of typefaces. Most notably Mrs. Eaves which is a variation on Baskerville.

From what I see of her work, she is mainly a typographer who sometimes does graphic design posters composed entirely of typography. Personally, I’m more of a visual graphic designer who uses type as a means to add to otherwise visual design so I can’t relate to her work. However, I do find it appealing and very fun to look at as there is just enough information to convey what she needs the viewer to see.

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