Designed in 2000 by Tobias Frere-Jones [H&FJ]
with Jesse
Ragan (from 2001), following a commission from Arem Duplessis
and Paul Martinez at
GQ. Inspired by the sans-serif caps on the
entrance to the Port Authority Bus Terminal and similar signs for
municipal-style infrastructure in New York. Premiered on
GQ’s January 2001 cover. [Frere-Jones]
Released by the Hoefler Type Foundry (later Hoefler & Frere
Jones and then Hoefler & Co., acquired by Monotype in 2021) in August 2002, initially in four
weights plus italics, as well as four condensed (roman) weights.
[2002
website] Later expanded to four widths with 33 weights in
total, each with italics, with the help of Sara Soskolne (from
2005).
Greek and Cyrillic were added in cooperation with Soskolne and
Malou Verlomme in 2010 More…
Designed in 2000 by Tobias Frere-Jones [H&FJ] with Jesse Ragan (from 2001), following a commission from Arem Duplessis and Paul Martinez at GQ. Inspired by the sans-serif caps on the entrance to the Port Authority Bus Terminal and similar signs for municipal-style infrastructure in New York. Premiered on GQ’s January 2001 cover. [Frere-Jones]
Released by the Hoefler Type Foundry (later Hoefler & Frere Jones and then Hoefler & Co., acquired by Monotype in 2021) in August 2002, initially in four weights plus italics, as well as four condensed (roman) weights. [2002 website] Later expanded to four widths with 33 weights in total, each with italics, with the help of Sara Soskolne (from 2005). Greek and Cyrillic were added in cooperation with Soskolne and Malou Verlomme in 2010 [Verlomme] and announced in 2015. [H&Co]
Jonathan Hoefler claims credit as co-designer in the role of an editor. He credits Ragan, Soskolne, and Andy Clymer for contributions; and Kevin Dresser, Wendy Ellerton, Malou Verlomme, Ksenya Samarskaya, Aoife Mooney, Erin McLaughlin, and Colin M. Ford for additional contributions. [Hoefler]
