Requiem (typeface)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
|
| Typeface | Requiem |
|---|---|
| Category | Serif |
| Classifications | Old Style |
| Designer(s) | Jonathan Hoefler |
| Foundry | Hoefler & Frere-Jones |
Requiem is an old style serif typeface designed by Jonathan Hoefler in 1992 for licensing by his own foundry Hoefler & Frere-Jones. The typeface takes inspiration from a set of inscriptional capitals found in Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi's 1523 writing manual, Il Modo de Temperare le Penne. Italics are based on the cancelleresca corsiva chancellery model. The typeface family is large, containing three sizes of small capitals, two ornaments fonts, and italic ligatures. A display or titling variant has an especially thin serifs and overall stroke weight.
[edit] Variants
- Requiem Text
- Requiem Display
- Requiem Fine
[edit] References
- Dodd, Robin. From Gutenberg to Open Type. Hartley & Marks: 2006. ISBN 978-0-88179-210-2.
- Macmillan, Neil. An A–Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press: 2006. ISBN 978-0-300-11151-4.
- Hoefler & Frere-Jones' website page on Requiem
