Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Hoefler & Frere-Jones (H&FJ) is an influential type foundry in New York City run by type designers Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones. H&FJ develops fonts for both the retail market and for individual clients. Clients include: The New York Times, The Guardian, The Sun, The Times, and Esquire.
Beginning in the early 1990s, The Hoefler Type Foundry became a dominant voice in editorial typography, with important commissions for Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Harper's Bazaar and The New York Times. H&FJ remains heavily involved in editorial design, with recent commissions from Martha Stewart Living, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire, Wired and Condé Nast Portfolio as well as corporate typefaces created for Tiffany & Co., Nike, Inc., and Hewlett Packard. 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. H&FJ's Gotham typeface, because of its connection to New York City history, was selected in 2004 for the cornerstone of Freedom Tower, to be built on the site of the former World Trade Center.
H&FJ's work has been profiled in The New York Times, Time, Esquire, Wallpaper, and Wired, as well as the design publications Baseline, Cap & Design, CreativePro, Communication Arts, Desktop, Eye, Design, Graphis Inc., I.D., Idea, IdN, Metropolis, Page, Print, Publish,and +81. H&FJ's work is part of the permanent collections of both the Smithsonian Institution and the Victoria & Albert Museum, and has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
"Hoefler's work has been exhibited internationally, and is included in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (Smithsonian Institution) in New York. In 2002, The Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) presented Hoefler with its most prestigious award, the Prix Charles Peignot for outstanding contributions to type design. Hoefler and Frere-Jones' collaboration has earned them profiles in The New York Times, Time, and Esquire."
Hoefler & Frere-Jones creates type fonts for companies within New York such as for retail like Tiffany & co, then publications, corporations, and institutions. Their business is in New York and located 611 Broadway, New York, NY 10012-2608