Redaction is a serif typeface designed by Jeremy Mickel (MCKL) with creative direction by Forest Young. It was commissioned for The Redaction, the 2019 collaboration between artist Titus Kaphar and poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts at MoMA PS1, which drew on lawsuits filed by the Civil Rights Corps on behalf of people jailed because they could not pay bail, fines and fees.

The design is rooted in Times New Roman and Century Schoolbook, the de facto typefaces of American legal documents, but the familiar forms are heightened: soft round terminals meet razor-sharp thin strokes, a nod to the eagle of the presidential seal holding both the olive branch and the arrows.

To contribute, see github.com/jeremymickel/Redaction.