Matrix (typeface)
≈ 3 min read
Names in other languages
No names in other languages are held for this entry yet.
Article bodies are English and are not machine-translated. A name in another language is not a translation of the article.
Matrix is a contemporary serif typeface designed by Zuzana Licko and released by Emigre in 19861. Matrix's proportions were derived from several of Licko's early bitmap fonts released for the early Macintosh. The geometric character of those bitmap fonts were created in order to overcome the constraints of the Mac and coarse resolution laser printers. Soon after their creation, Matrix, the first PostScript font, was released. Emigre, a digital type foundry based in California started by husband-and-wife type design team Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans, released the initial weights, book, regular, and bold, in 1986. Later in 1992, small caps were added to all the weights, and several decorative styles were added, including Matrix Script and Matrix Inline. The typeface grew rapidly popular very quickly, and became one of Emigre's all-time best-sellers, followed by Mrs Eaves. FontShop listed Matrix as the "21st best typeface of all time" in their book '100 Best Typefaces Ever, published in January 20071.
Matrix is a contemporary serif typeface designed by Zuzana Licko and released by Emigre in 1986. Matrix's proportions were derived from several of Licko's early bitmap fonts released for the early Macintosh. The geometric character of those bitmap fonts were created in order to overcome the constraints of the Mac and coarse resolution laser printers. Soon after their creation, Matrix, the first PostScript font, was released. Emigre, a digital type foundry based in California started by husband-and-wife type design team Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans, released the initial weights, book, regular, and bold, in 1986. Later in 1992, small caps were added to all the weights, and several decorative styles were added, including Matrix Script and Matrix Inline. The typeface grew rapidly popular very quickly, and became one of Emigre's all-time best-sellers, followed by Mrs Eaves. FontShop listed Matrix as the "21st best typeface of all time" in their book '100 Best Typefaces Ever, published in January 2007.
Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361370318 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.