This subject seemed most appropriate for the first Flat Files post. I’m excited about this section of the blog because it’s going to give me a legitimate excuse to spend more time rooting through the archives . . .
Fax from Matthew Carter to then WAC Design Director Laurie Haycock Makela regarding the 1995 commissioned Walker typeface. The typeface which for years “ran through the system like blood,” as Laurie put it, is now “ embedded in the graphic DNA of the Walker,” according to Andrew Blauvelt.
Check it: Article further detailing the Walker typeface on the WAC Design site.