Zuzana Licko
Zuzana Licko
After learning about Zuzana Licko through my Pecha Kucha research, I think it’s only natural to write about this wonderful designer. At the beginning of the digital revolution, Licko and her husband, Rudy Vanderlans were some of the first designers to utilize the Macintosh for digital type design work.
Emigre Magazine issues 1-6
They published the typography in the Magazine issue, Emigre which was established by the couple in 1984. Since then, Zuzana went on to create a revolutionary impact during early digital type design.
Designed in 1985, the LO-RES font family remains to be one of the first yet most iconic fonts of early digital typefaces. As you might be able to tell, this pixelated font would often be used in video games and computer interface design.
Emigre website
Emigre office, 1985
in 1985, Zuzana and Rudy established Emigre type foundry, which now includes hundreds of fonts created by great type designers.
Mrs. Eaves
Filosofia
These two fonts, Mrs. Eaves and Filosofia, are arguably Zuzana’s most famous fonts. They evolved from Baskerville and Bodoni.
Slowly, Emigre evolved into a larger design company. Now, not only does their website include fonts, but they also sell textile patterns, ceramics, and even original emigre magazine issues.