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Design Culture

Ink and Identity: One Font for Every Letter of America's Visual Soul

From the gothic rage of protest placards to the cheerful capitalism of drive-thru signs, America has always spoken in typeface. We assigned one iconic font to each letter of the alphabet—and yes, we included Comic Sans, because denial is not a design strategy.

Jul 4, 2026

Experimental Art

Kill the Alphabet: The Artists Building New Languages From Absolute Scratch

What if A through Z is the problem? A growing movement of American artists, zine makers, and tattoo visionaries are scrapping the 26-letter system entirely and inventing symbolic languages that the Roman alphabet never had the imagination to contain. We talked to some of them, and honestly, we're reconsidering everything.

Jul 4, 2026