This exhibition presents typefaces designed by Tré Seals, a Black Washington D.C.-based designer and founder of Vocal Type Co, who creates typefaces that tell stories about social justice movements and the people who led them.

From Martin Luther King to Eva Perón and from Stacy Abrams to Harriet Tubman, the exhibition explores illustrates how typography can be used both as a tool of oppression and liberation and reminds us that a just and equitable world is one in which diverse perspectives are part of our everyday experiences.

About Tré Seals

Tré Seals is a multidisciplinary designer and font foundry creator. In 2016, he founded a diversity-driven type foundry known as Vocal Type. Inspired by the lack of diversity in the graphic design industry, each typeface highlights a piece of history from a different underrepresented race, ethnicity, or gender—from the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Argentina to the Civil Rights Movement in America and beyond.

Since founding Vocal Type, Seals’ fonts have gone from being inspired by progressive movements to becoming a part of them: taking shape in the form of Black Lives Matter street murals, brand campaigns for the 2020 Virtual March On Washington, political campaigns like that of Stacey Abrams, logos like the Amazon Labor Union, and so much more.