it’s not so much a problem of being a woman in a man’s world, it’s being a type designer in a world that gives little recognition to this art form, and i find this disillusioning. —zuzana licko

Cover of The Emigre Catalog 1998. A number 98 on a white and yellow background

mrs eaves and filosofia

 

In the 1990’s Zuzana changed her focus from designing experimental modular fonts to making interpretations of classical fonts. In 1996 she created a font called Mrs Eaves, inspired by Baskerville, and another called Filosofia, based on Bodoni. Mrs Eaves was named after Sir John Baskerville’s wife. Both fonts went viral. Mrs Eaves was even used in the titles of Penguin Classics books, and in the Wordpress and Pandora logos.

 

 

when throwing a piece on the potter’s wheel, the conceptualization of the shape can be reduced to a single line of curve transitions, which represents one half of the symmetrical cross section. these curve transitions and balance of form have much in common with constructing curves in letter forms. —zuzana licko

Cover of The Emigre Catalog 1990. A red number 99.01 on a white and pink background
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