Senator
Emigre · Zuzana Licko · 1988
A 1988 geometric display face by Zuzana Licko, designed within the constraints of early Macintosh bitmap output, offered in three weights and a tall variant.
About
Senator emerged from Licko's pioneering work at Emigre, where the limitations of low-resolution screens and dot-matrix printers were treated as design parameters rather than obstacles. The modular, grid-based construction gives each weight a distinct architectural quality, from the spare Thin to the dense Ultra. The Tall variant extends the proportions for headline use, amplifying the face's structural rigidity.
Classification
A bitmap-influenced geometric display face from Licko's early Emigre period, designed for low-resolution output with modular, pixel-grid construction. The highly stylised letterforms and extreme weight variants place it firmly in the display category.