After 53 years working with type, Pat Lightizer got the ultimate retirement gift: her own font.

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Forget boring tourist passes: the new Zürich Card is a masterclass in Swiss design. Clean typography, modular grids, and a shape-shifting card motif make it a pocket-sized identity system.