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Jonathan Hoefler (born August 22 1970) is an American typeface designer. Hoefler (pronounced “Heffler”) founded Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Hoefler & Frere-Jones

Hoefler & Frere-Jones is an influential type foundry in New York City, run by designers Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones. Founded in 1989 , H&FJ develops fonts for both the retail market and for individual clients....
 (originally The Hoefler Type Foundry, established 1989), a type foundry
Type foundry

A type foundry is a company that Type design and/or distributes typefaces. Originally, type foundries manufactured and sold metal and wood typefaces and Matrix for line-casting machines like the Linotype machine and Monotyping machines designed to be printed on Letterpress printing printers....
 in New York that Hoefler shares with fellow type designer Tobias Frere-Jones
Tobias Frere-Jones

Tobias Frere-Jones , a prolific type designer, works in New York City with fellow type designer Jonathan Hoefler at Hoefler & Frere-Jones, a type foundry in lower Manhattan....
.

Hoefler has designed original typefaces for Rolling Stone Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar

Harper's Bazaar is a well-known American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper's Bazaar considers itself to be the style resource for "the well-dressed woman and the well-dressed mind"....
, The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine

The New York Times Magazine is a supplement to the Sunday The New York Times newspaper. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically included in the newspaper, and attracts many notable contributors....
, Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an United States sports magazine owned by Mass media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the United States....
, and Esquire
Esquire (magazine)

Esquire is a men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition. Founded in 1933, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich....
 and several institutional clients, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, which opened on October 21, 1959, is one of the best-known museums in New York City and one of the 20th century's most important architectural landmarks....
 and alternative band They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants is a Grammy Award-winning Music of the United States alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller , and Danny Weinkauf....
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Jonathan Hoefler (born August 22 1970) is an American typeface designer. Hoefler (pronounced “Heffler”) founded Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Hoefler & Frere-Jones

Hoefler & Frere-Jones is an influential type foundry in New York City, run by designers Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones. Founded in 1989 , H&FJ develops fonts for both the retail market and for individual clients....
 (originally The Hoefler Type Foundry, established 1989), a type foundry
Type foundry

A type foundry is a company that Type design and/or distributes typefaces. Originally, type foundries manufactured and sold metal and wood typefaces and Matrix for line-casting machines like the Linotype machine and Monotyping machines designed to be printed on Letterpress printing printers....
 in New York that Hoefler shares with fellow type designer Tobias Frere-Jones
Tobias Frere-Jones

Tobias Frere-Jones , a prolific type designer, works in New York City with fellow type designer Jonathan Hoefler at Hoefler & Frere-Jones, a type foundry in lower Manhattan....
.

Hoefler has designed original typefaces for Rolling Stone Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar

Harper's Bazaar is a well-known American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper's Bazaar considers itself to be the style resource for "the well-dressed woman and the well-dressed mind"....
, The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine

The New York Times Magazine is a supplement to the Sunday The New York Times newspaper. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically included in the newspaper, and attracts many notable contributors....
, Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an United States sports magazine owned by Mass media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the United States....
, and Esquire
Esquire (magazine)

Esquire is a men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition. Founded in 1933, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich....
 and several institutional clients, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, which opened on October 21, 1959, is one of the best-known museums in New York City and one of the 20th century's most important architectural landmarks....
 and alternative band They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants is a Grammy Award-winning Music of the United States alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller , and Danny Weinkauf....
. Perhaps his best-known work is the Hoefler Text
Hoefler Text

Hoefler Text is a contemporary serif Antiqua font that was designed for Apple Computer in order to demonstrate advanced type technologies. Hoefler Text was created to allow the composition of complex typography; as such it takes cues from a range of classic fonts, such as Garamond and Janson....
 family of typefaces, designed for Apple Computer
Apple Computer

Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer Inc., is an United States multinational corporation which designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software products....
 and now appearing as part of the Macintosh operating system.

In 1995, Hoefler was named one of the forty most influential designers in America by I.D. magazine
I.D. (magazine)

I.D. is a magazine covering the art, business and culture of design. It is published eight times a year by F+W Publications Inc..I.D. was founded in 1954 as Industrial Design....
,, and in 2002, the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI
ATypI

ATypI is the Association Typographique Internationale, or the international typography association. It was originally formed as a type manufacturers group in 1957, with an annual general meeting and socializing....
) presented him with its most prestigious award, the Prix Charles Peignot for outstanding contributions to type design. Hoefler and Frere-Jones have been profiled in The New York Times
The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"?named for its staid appearance and style?is regarded as a national newspaper of record....
, Time Magazine, and Esquire Magazine, and appearances on National Public Radio
Weekend Edition

Weekend Edition is the name given to a set of American radio news magazines produced and distributed by National Public Radio . It is the weekend counterpart to Morning Edition....
 and CBS Sunday Morning.

Hoefler's work is part of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, a subsidiary of the Smithsonian Institution, is the United States' national museum of design history and contemporary design and the only museum in the U.S....
's permanent collection.

Typefaces

Jonathan Hoefler's types include:
  • Gestalt, 1990
  • Champion Gothic, 1990
  • Hoefler Text
    Hoefler Text

    Hoefler Text is a contemporary serif Antiqua font that was designed for Apple Computer in order to demonstrate advanced type technologies. Hoefler Text was created to allow the composition of complex typography; as such it takes cues from a range of classic fonts, such as Garamond and Janson....
    ,     1991
  • Ideal Sans, 1991
  • Ziggurat, 1991
  • Leviathan, 1991
  • Mazarin, 1991
  • HTF Didot, 1992
  • Requiem Text, 1992
  • Saracen, 1992
  • Acropolis, 1993
  • NYT Cheltenham, 1993
  • Knox, 1993
  • Historical Allsorts, 1994
  • Knockout, 1994
  • Fetish, 1994
  • Neutrino, 1994
  • Quantico, 1994
  • Oratorio, 1994
  • Troubadour, 1994
  • William Maxwell, 1994
  • Deseret, 1995
  • Jupiter, 1995
  • Pavisse, 1995
  • Verlag (formerly Guggenheim), 1996
  • Giant (formerly They Might Be Gothic), 1996
  • New Amsterdam, 1996
  • Hoefler Titling, 1996
  • Plainsong, 1996
  • Kapellmeister, 1997
  • Numbers (with Tobias Frere-Jones
    Tobias Frere-Jones

    Tobias Frere-Jones , a prolific type designer, works in New York City with fellow type designer Jonathan Hoefler at Hoefler & Frere-Jones, a type foundry in lower Manhattan....
    ), 1997-2006
  • Mercury, 1997
  • Radio City, 1998
  • Vitesse (with Tobias Frere-Jones
    Tobias Frere-Jones

    Tobias Frere-Jones , a prolific type designer, works in New York City with fellow type designer Jonathan Hoefler at Hoefler & Frere-Jones, a type foundry in lower Manhattan....
    ), 2000
  • Deluxe, 2000
  • Cyclone, 2000
  • Topaz, 2000
  • Lever Sans (with Tobias Frere-Jones
    Tobias Frere-Jones

    Tobias Frere-Jones , a prolific type designer, works in New York City with fellow type designer Jonathan Hoefler at Hoefler & Frere-Jones, a type foundry in lower Manhattan....
    ), 2000
  • Archer
    Archer (typeface)

    Archer is a slab serif typeface designed in 2001 by Hoefler & Frere-Jones for use in Martha Stewart Living magazine. The face is unique for combining the geometric structure of twentieth century European slab-serifs but imbuing the face with a domestic, less strident tone of voice....
     (with Tobias Frere-Jones
    Tobias Frere-Jones

    Tobias Frere-Jones , a prolific type designer, works in New York City with fellow type designer Jonathan Hoefler at Hoefler & Frere-Jones, a type foundry in lower Manhattan....
     and Jesse Ragan
    Jesse Ragan

    Jesse Ragan American typeface and lettering designer. Ragan has contributed to the design of the typefaces Archer, Mercury, Omnes, and Smirnoff....
    ), 2001
  • Chronicle, 2002
  • Sentinel, 2002
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