Typeset is a newsletter about what fonts reveal — about identity, power, and the world we've built around us. Every typeface has a story: who made it, what it was meant to say, why it spread, and what it ended up meaning instead. Many of those stories live on in Washington, D.C., where the letters carved in stone, painted on signs, and stamped on government documents have always carried more weight than most people realize.First up: the typeface under your feet on the Metro, and the mid-century designer who turned a transit system into an argument about what American cities could be. From there, Typeset will follow the type to the geometric sans that both caught the eye of the Nazi party and landed on the moon, to the highway signs that quietly shape how fast you drive and how safe you feel doing it, to the font hiding in plain sight behind virtually every corporate logo you've ever seen.

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