max bruinsma > texts > miscellaneous > the erotics of typeSex Appeal The art of allure in graphic and advertising design ed. Steve Heller Allworth Press, New York, 2000 The erotics of type From the simple figure 69, to elaborate tongue-in-cheek exercises like Michael Worthington's 'Dominatrix' typeface, typographers and type designers as well as readers (and censors) have used letters and ciphers to suggest 'prurient' content. Throughout the history of t
