"Alphabet Zoo" by Cyrus Highsmith
"Alphabet Zoo" by Cyrus Highsmith
January 16, 2024.
Alphabet Zoo is a limited edition of screen prints by Cyrus Highsmith. One color printed on 100lb natural white French Pop Tone paper. Each print measures 16 inches wide by 12 inches tall. Prints are sold individually.
10 of each design is available in an edition of 30. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist.
These prints were created for a solo exhibition at the Book&Design Gallery in Tokyo in November 2023.
Cyrus is supporting PrYSM. Tiny Showcase will donate 15% of our profits from print sales.
“PrYSM organizes at the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation by centering youth, female, queer, and people of color leadership in our campaigns, our organization, and our communities.”
Meet Cyrus Highsmith
Cyrus Highsmith is a letter drawer, teacher, author, and graphic artist. He teaches type design at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He wrote and illustrated the acclaimed primer Inside Paragraphs: Typographic Fundamentals. In 2015, he received the Gerrit Noordzij Prize for extraordinary contributions to the fields of type design, typography, and type education. In 2017, he and his type foundry, Occupant Fonts, joined Morisawa.