Archived: LTR Salmiak

Years ago when the internet was still being invented and not so much evil, LettError had a small online store. It was the cutest little shop with hand drawn buttons, a hand drawn front page and hand written html. It was before WordPress and definitely before CSS. Not many people visited the store because very few people knew where to look for it. It wasn’t on Google maps. It wasn’t on Google. In fact, it may have been before Google woke up.

Just so that there would be something to sell in the shop, LettError drew a cute handdrawn Roman and matching Italic. Proper markers on paper. Using antique programs named Photoshop 1.0 and Fontographer 3, it was drawn with love. LettError’s mom bought the first copy and continued to use it for years, bless her.

Years rushed past like a cartoon whirlwind. New font formats were invented left and right and Salmiak was forgotten. It didn’t have any of those shiny new features like the new fonts on the block. It was actually quite content, sitting on its own shelf, staring out of the shop window and watch jet planes overtake the pterodactyls.

Promotional images, 2001. Some will point out these shapes foreshadow the designs that were to follow. For better or worse that is true.

Availability

• 2001 Release. The world had other things on its mind.
• 2013 A re-release as OpenType. The world still did not care much.
• 2026 Still available in FontStand.