Whirligig
Emigre · Zuzana Licko · 1994
Zuzana Licko's 1994 ornamental typeface pairs illustrated characters across two subfamilies, part of Emigre's experimental tradition of treating letterforms as graphic objects.
About
Released in 1994, Whirligig comprises 152 illustrations mapped to standard keyboard characters, offering decorative letterforms rather than conventional type. The two subfamilies, Whirligig One and Whirligig Two, give users a range of illustrated variants for each letter. It reflects the early digital type experimentation for which Emigre and Licko became known in the 1990s.
Classification
An ornamental display typeface consisting of illustrated characters and decorative letterforms, placing it firmly in the display/decorative category with no conventional text utility.