Elektrix
Emigre · Zuzana Licko · 1989
A two-weight modular display typeface designed by Zuzana Licko in 1989, reflecting the early digital aesthetics of the Emigre era.
About
Designed during Emigre's formative years, Elektrix embodies the low-resolution, grid-based construction that characterised Licko's approach to letterform design on early Macintosh hardware. Available in Light and Bold, the family is compact but purposeful, suited to display use where its geometric rigidity reads as a strength. It stands as a document of a specific moment in digital type history.
Classification
Elektrix is a geometric, modular display typeface with a distinctly digital and constructed aesthetic, typical of Licko's early Emigre work exploring bitmap-influenced letterforms for low-resolution output.