“The Landmark typeface was designed by Jonathan Hoefler and
Tobias Frere-Jones in 1999. A commission from Pentagram, Landmark
was created as the signature typeface of Lever House, Gordon
Bunshaft’s watershed skyscraper at 390 Park Avenue. Building on the
eight extant letterforms that once appeared on the building’s
original facade, Landmark expands to a repertoire of hundreds of
characters, across four different styles that evoke the play of
light, shadow, and perspective on architectural lettering.” Design
by Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones, with contributions from
Sara Soskolne and Erin McLaughlin [Hoefler].
Drawing process of the light weight [the original More…
“The Landmark typeface was designed by Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones in 1999. A commission from Pentagram, Landmark was created as the signature typeface of Lever House, Gordon Bunshaft’s watershed skyscraper at 390 Park Avenue. Building on the eight extant letterforms that once appeared on the building’s original facade, Landmark expands to a repertoire of hundreds of characters, across four different styles that evoke the play of light, shadow, and perspective on architectural lettering.” Design by Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones, with contributions from Sara Soskolne and Erin McLaughlin [Hoefler]. Drawing process of the light weight [the original commission] started by Hoefler. Frere-Jones completed the character set and, with the help of McLaughlin, later added Inline, Shadow, and Dimensional styles [Frere-Jones].
