Hypnopaedia
Emigre · Zuzana Licko · 1997
Zuzana Licko's 1997 illustrated typeface, built around 140 hand-drawn pictorial letterforms split across two subfamilies.
About
Conceived at Emigre, Hypnopaedia treats each letter as a vehicle for illustration rather than pure letterform design. The 140 drawings are distributed across Hypnopaedia One and Hypnopaedia Two, giving designers two distinct visual registers within a single family. It sits in the tradition of Licko's experimental work at Emigre, where formal typographic conventions were routinely tested against more expressive or pictorial approaches.
Classification
A display typeface incorporating 140 illustrated letterforms, placing it firmly in the decorative category. The pictorial and ornamental nature of the glyphs goes well beyond conventional type design into illustrated typography.