New clothing for the twenty-six leaden soldiers
This article first appeared on xyztype.com.
If typographic spirit guides exist, I met mine as an eager undergraduate in 2000, when I first encountered the work of Rudolph Ruzicka. He has been a guiding voice in my work designing typefaces ever since.
Born in 1883 in what is now the Czech Republic, Ruzicka immigrated to Chicago with his family when he was 11 and left school to work at 14. After moving to New York alone at 20, he achieved quick success in wood-engraving, illustration, and book design. …
Jesse Ragan
Typeface & lettering designer at XYZ Type in Brooklyn, New York
