From its foundation until 2004, Jost Hochuli was president of the publishing house, and until 2011 he was also responsible for the design of the books.
His book The Detail in Typography has been translated into eleven languages in recent years and is widely used by experts.
From 1967 to 1980, as a successor to Walter Käch, he was a part-time type teacher at the Zurich School of Applied Arts, later also for formal basic training for graphic designers, interrupted by a six-month study visit to England in 1968.
In 2010 he founded the typeface company ABC Litera with typographers Roland Stieger and Jonas Niedermann, who also sells his first typeface, Allegra.He established the type foundry ABC Litera in 2014 with Roland Stieger and Jonas Niedermann.
He is an Honorary Member of the Double Crown Club in London and Senator of the International Gutenberg Society in Mainz.