Hoefler Text

Hoefler Text
CategorySerif
ClassificationOld-style
Designer(s)Jonathan Hoefler
FoundryHoefler & Co.

Hoefler Text is an old-style serif font by Jonathan Hoefler released by Apple Computer Inc. (now Apple Inc.) in 1991 to showcase advanced type technologies.[1] Intended as a versatile font that is suitable for body text, it takes cues from a range of classic fonts, such as designs by Miklós Kis and Jean Jannon.[2] [3]

A version of Hoefler Text has been included with every version of the classic Mac OS since System 7.5 and in every version of macOS. Hoefler's company, Hoefler&Co., have continued development of the typeface, developing for sale a range of additional variants.[4]

Released free with every Mac during the growth of desktop publishing, at a time when producing printed documents was becoming dramatically easier, Hoefler Text raised awareness of type features previously the concern only of professional printers.[5][6][7] New York magazine commented in 2014 that it "helped launch a thousand font obsessives."[8] Hoefler Text was used in the Wikipedia logo until the 2010 redesign, when it was replaced with Linux Libertine.[9]

  1. ^ Heller, Steven. "Jonathan Hoefler on type design". Design Dialogues. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Hoefler Titling". Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. ^ "If the face fits". Eye Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  4. ^ Hoefler Text | Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  5. ^ Berry, John D. (7 July 2000). "A Rare Font Specimen". Creative Pro. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  6. ^ Shaw, Paul. "The Digital Past: When Typefaces Were Experimental". AIGA. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  7. ^ Stephen Eskilson (28 February 2012). Graphic Design: New History 2nd Edition. Yale University Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-0-300-17260-7.
  8. ^ Fagone, Jason (2 June 2014). "A Type House Divided". New York magazine. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  9. ^ Wikipedia logos