A Closer Look: What Fun Is a Font if You Can’t Play with It?

Written by Jessica Walthew with Andrea Lipps Accompanying the exhibition Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection , Cooper Hewitt’s conservators offer a closer look into the process of preparing collection objects for display and long-term preservation. Gallery view of Acquired!, featuring a digital font kiosk at the far left. Photo: Elliot Goldstein © Smithsonian Institution Tucked in a gallery displaying teacups, radios, and textiles is an interactive screen displaying two free, open-s