The History of a Font: Neoglagolitic Alpha and the Alternative Present

The first four letters from the Glagolitic alphabet (Az, Buky, Vede, Glagoli) in Neoglagolitic Alpha.

Typographers are nerds by nature. Creating a functional font is a solitary process and requires the attention span of a misanthropic maniac.

That’s not as obvious as it should be. Fonts are ubiquitous. They come in small, easy-to-install files. Their glyphs are variations on familiar shapes that have existed for ages. With all that in mind, why bother creating yet another one?

As it turns o...