Walker Typeface – Matthew Carter

Walker Typeface

Walker Brochure Cover

These images are from an ultra rare brochure from my collection detailing the collaborative design of the Walker Art Center’s “Walker the typeface” (1994-1995). Laurie Haycock Makela commissioned Matthew Carter who in turn designed a solid all caps sans that featured “snap-on” serifs of different varieties. The flexibility of being able to choose serif styles and under/over lines at random allowed the typeface to “speak with many voices.” This typeface was truly one of the most successful “experimental” types of its day.

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