 zuzana licko (; born 1961) is a typeface designer based out of the san francisco bay area who was born in bratislava, czechoslovakia. licko came to the united states when she was a child along with her family. she studied architecture, photography and computer programming before earning a degree in graphic communications at the university of california at berkeley.rubenstein, rhonda. "zuzana licko." eye magazine no. 43, vol. 11, spring 2002 http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature.php?id=62&fid=272 zuzanaâs father was a biomathematician and at the university of california, san francisco and through his job she became involved with computers during the summer months when she helped him with data processing work.vanderlans, rudy, zuzana licko, mary e. gray, and jeffery keedy. emigre: graphic design into the digital realm. london: booth-clibborn editions, 1994. when she first started attending the university her goal was to earn a degree in architecture but she then changed to a visual studies major because she believed becoming an architect was in her eyes, too similar to going to business school.vanderlans, rudy, zuzana licko, mary e. gray, and jeffery keedy. emigre: graphic design into the digital realm. london: booth-clibborn editions, 1994. while at berkeley, zuzana took a calligraphy class, which happened to be her least favorite because that she had to write with her right hand even though she was left handed. this experience later influenced her when she started working on type design, which was more computer-based.vanderlans, rudy, zuzana licko, mary e. gray, and jeffery keedy. emigre: graphic design into the digital realm. london: booth-clibborn editions, 1994. in an interview featured in eye (no. 43, vol. 11, spring 2002), licko described her creative relationship with vanderlans:  ==emigre== in the mid-1980s, zuzana licko and h
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