The more specialized the work, the greater the demand for customized or individually made instruments. For instance, letter-cutters in the past thought up methods of working faster and more meticulously, and to that end they designed not only new fonts, but also counterpunches and other new tools. It must be possible to do something similar with software. After all, programming graphic programs is much too important to leave to programmers. For most designers it is not an obvious option to start meddling with the original code themselves.
Programming is regarded as the work of specialists.
So e-mails are sent to the publisher with lists of demands. A designer does not usually have that much time. The deadline is generally next week, or yesterday. Right from the start, LettError found it logical and fun to solve design problems with new bits of software. This was connected with their early, extraordinary interest in the inside of a computer.