Hoefler & Frere-Jones
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Hoefler & Frere-Jones is an influential type foundry in New York City, run by designers Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones. Founded in 1989 (as "The Hoefler Type Foundry,"), H&FJ specializes in the development of thoughtful, hard-working typefaces, which it develops both for the retail market and for individual clients.
Beginning in the early 1990s, The Hoefler Type Foundry became a dominant voice in editorial typography, with important commissions for Rolling Stone Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Harper's Bazaar and The New York Times. H&FJ continues to be heavily involved in editorial design, with recent commissions from Martha Stewart Living, The Wall Street Journal, and Esquire Magazine, as well as corporate typefaces created for Tiffany & Co., Nike, Inc., and HP. H&FJ works with a number of prominent institutions in New York City, including The United Nations, The Guggenheim Museum, The Whitney Museum, Lever House, Radio City Music Hall, and The New York Jets. Because of its connection to New York City history, H&FJ's Gotham typeface was chosen in 2004 for the cornerstone of Freedom Tower, built on the site of the former World Trade Center.
H&FJ's work has been profiled in The New York Times, Time Magazine, Esquire Magazine, Wallpaper*, and Wired, as well as the design publications Baseline, Cap & Design, CreativePro, Communication Arts, Eye Magazine, Design, Graphis, How Magazine, I.D Magazine, IDEA, IdN, Metropolis Magazine, Page, Print Magazine, Publish, Step Inside Design, and +81. H&FJ's work is part of the permanent collections of both the Smithsonian Institute and the Victoria & Albert Museum, and has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Association Typographique Internationale, The Society of Newspaper Designers, and The Type Directors Club.
Jonathan Hoefler was the recipient of the 2002 Prix Charles Peignot for outstanding contributions to typeface design. In 2006, Tobias Frere-Jones received the prestigious Gerrit Noordzij Prize, an award given by The Royal Academy of Art (The Hague) to honor innovations in type design. Both Hoefler and Frere-Jones are regular speakers at international conferences.
