Zealand, Reflections on Developing a Typeface

Abstract

Much of the writing on type design reflects the technical and pragmatic aspects of its production; this approach frequently obscures the human dimension of an already arcane art. Now that computers have put type's tools with in the grasp of many, its literature needs to respond in kind. Drawing a parallel between living and working with letters and exploring the natural world- this article, excerpted from the author's graduate thesis- offers a literary meditation on the motives for, and experience of, making type.