EMIGRÉ FONTS. TYPE SPECIMENS 1986

In 1985, Berkeley-based graphic design company Emigre, the publisher of the legendary design magazine of the same name, launched one of the first independent digital type foundries to explore the new design possibilities offered by the MacIntosh computer. To annou nce each of their new typeface releases, Emigre published small booklets displaying the virtues of the fonts and revealing the proce sses used to design them. By creating specific contexts, many of these so called type specimens went beyond being simple sales too ls. In fac...[Read more]