The design of Demos typeface was the result of technical as well as aesthetic considerations. Demos was designed for the Hell CRT Digiset, an electronic composition process that creates type by vertical lines. Curves and angles appear smooth only after emulsion. Rather than falling back on hot-metal methods, the unique characteristics of the Digiset were used to determine the design, ever mindful that visual appearance is the final arbiter of any letterform design. All of the type for this issue of Visible Language has been set in Demos for the Hell Digiset; a few of the typographic elements have been set in the companion face Praxis.
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