Whitney (typeface)

Whitney
CategorySans-serif
ClassificationNeo-grotesque/Humanist sans-serif
DesignerTobias Frere-Jones
Commissioned byWhitney Museum
FoundryHoefler & Co.
Date created2004
Websitehttps://www.typography.com/fonts/whitney/overview

Whitney is a family of humanist sans-serif digital typefaces, designed by American type designer Tobias Frere-Jones.[1] It was originally created for New York's Whitney Museum as its institutional typeface.[2] Two key requirements were flexibility for editorial requirements and a design consistency with the Whitney Museum's existing public signage.

Typographical context

Whitney was created in 2004 by the foundry of Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Whitney bridges the divide between editorial mainstays such as News Gothic (1908), which is an American gothic typeface, and signage application standards such as Frutiger (1975), which is a European humanist typeface. Moreover, "its compact forms and broad x-height use space efficiently, and its ample counters and open shapes make it clear under any circumstances."[2]

Variants

  • Whitney Light
  • Whitney Light Italic
  • Whitney Book
  • Whitney Book Italic
  • Whitney Medium
  • Whitney Medium Italic
  • Whitney Semibold
  • Whitney Semibold Italic
  • Whitney Bold
  • Whitney Bold Italic
  • Whitney Black
  • Whitney Black Italic

References

  1. ^ "Sale & Assignment of Type Fonts". New York State Unified Court System. Retrieved 31 October 2019. HTF hereby agrees to use its commercially best efforts to ensure that TFJ [Tobias Frere-Jones] shall receive a Design credit wherever the Fonts are displayed...nothing herein shall be interpreted as obligating HTF to require or enforce the display of a TFJ design credit
  2. ^ a b "Fonts by Hoefler&Co". Typography.com. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

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