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Zuzana Licko began working within the requirements of of digital type design in the mid-1980s and has since been responsible for a host of type faces which have now become classics in the field. Her early faces, such as Oakland and Emigre, took advantage of the "jaggy" look of low-resolution screen displays and dot matrix printers rather than trying to ignore or repress their characteristic features.

Zuzanak Licko Emigre magazine cover 11 3/4" x 17 1/2" courtesy of the artist

Neuberger Museum of Art 20 September 1998 - 31 January 1999