Zed Type Specimen

By Peter Biľak Zed is a typeface designed for inclusivity and accessibility; in particular, it identifies and addresses situations where people are excluded from using certain technologies. Typotheque tested the typefaces with help from visually impaired readers and worked with marginalized linguistic communities and native designers around the world. As a result, Zed is a highly accessible typeface for diverse populations. This type specimen not only showcases the details of each style in the Zed super family, but also documents the design process and presents three new essays. "Designing fonts with low-vision readers in mind" by Hector Mangas Afonso documents the reading acuity experiment conducted at the National Centre of Ophthalmology in Paris, and two other essays cover designing sans-serif fonts for small text use and notes on designing Braille fonts. This 80-pages book includes includes information about 196 endangered languages, and the cover links this to the loss of biodiversity. Zed is a typeface that envisions a better world. Edited and designed by Peter Biľak Essays by Peter Biľak and Hector Mangas Afonso Published by Typotheque, 2024 Softcover, 80 pages, 2-color, 6.6 × 9.5 inches ISBN: 978-9-08-342020-2