Hoefler & Co.
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Hoefler&Co. (H&Co) is a digital type foundry (font design studio) in Woburn, Massachusetts (formerly New York City), founded by type designer Jonathan Hoefler. H&Co designs typefaces for clients and for retail on its website.
Formerly | Hoefler Type Foundry, Hoefler & Frere-Jones |
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Industry | Graphic design |
Genre | Typeface design |
Predecessors | Hoefler & Frere-Jones, Hoefler Type Foundry |
Founded | 1989 |
Founder | Jonathan Hoefler |
Headquarters | Woburn, Massachusetts (formerly New York City) , United States |
Number of locations | 1 |
Key people | Carleen Borsella (formerly) Tobias Frere-Jones (formerly) Sara Soskolne Andy Clymer (formerly) |
Products | Archer, Gotham, Hoefler Text, Requiem, Surveyor, Whitney |
Parent | Monotype |
Website | www |
The company was founded in 1989, initially focusing on editorial commissions for publications such as The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Harper's Bazaar, Wired and Condé Nast Portfolio, and commissions for companies such as Tiffany & Co., Nike, Inc., and Hewlett-Packard. It has worked with a number of prominent cultural institutions in New York City, including the headquarters of the United Nations, the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum, Lever House, Radio City Music Hall, The Public Theater, and The New York Jets. Because of its inspiration from New York City history, its Gotham typeface was selected in 2004 for the cornerstone of One World Trade Center, built on the World Trade Center site.
Incorporated as The Hoefler Type Foundry (HTF), in 2005 the company rebranded as Hoefler & Frere-Jones (H&FJ), and in 2014 as Hoefler&Co (H&Co).[1]
In September 2021 Hoefler announced the company's sale to Monotype, with Hoefler and CEO Carleen Borsella leaving the company.[2][3][4]