Ingrid Solberg
Type editor
We write about work we have tested
Every typeface we review is set, every tool is used and every studio is visited before we write a word.
- First issue, sent as a Friday email
- 2021
- Editors in Bergen, Milan and Valencia
- 3
- Topics, from type to studios
- 4
- Sponsored articles, ever
- 0
- 2021
A Friday email
Three designers in Bergen, Milan and Valencia send each other the one piece of work they cannot stop thinking about.
- 2022
Strangers write back
The emails get forwarded and answered by people we have never met. A few thousand readers by the end of the year.
- 2024
Members arrive
Long features, studio visits and the archive go behind a membership, and that keeps Tratto independent.
- 2026
One project at a time
We would still rather follow one project closely than list ten quickly, and explain a decision than praise a result.
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We test what we write about
Typefaces get set at real sizes, tools get used on real projects, and studios get visited in person.
02
We name what went wrong
Every feature includes the parts of a project that did not work. That is usually where the lessons are.
03
We stay small
Three editors and a handful of contributors. No sponsored articles, and every advertiser is labelled.
Say hello
Feedback, corrections and tips all go to the same inbox, and one of us reads every message.