Requiem
Requiem is an old-style serif typeface designed by Jonathan Hoefler in 1992 for Travel + Leisure magazine and sold by his company, Hoefler & Co. 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, and its italics are based on the chancery calligraphy, or cancelleresca corsiva of the period. Like many other typefaces designed by Hoefler & Co., the family is large, intended for professional use.
Requiem
- Name
- Requiem
- Field
- serif typeface
- Period
- 1992
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Requiem is an old-style serif typeface designed by Jonathan Hoefler in 1992 for Travel + Leisure magazine and sold by his company, Hoefler & Co. 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, and its italics are based on the chancery calligraphy, or cancelleresca corsiva of the period. Like many other typefaces designed by Hoefler & Co., the family is large, intended for professional use.
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Overview
Overview
It is designed with three separate optical sizes of font, intended for different sizes of text, as well as two different styles of capitals inside cartouches intended for title pages and frontispieces. It also contains fleurons and italic ligatures inspired by calligraphy, as well as stylistic alternates such as an alternative 'Y' character. Like typefaces of the period in which Arrighi worked, it does not contain a bold style, as these were only invented in the nineteenth century.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Requiem • Style — Serif • Classifications — Old-style • Creationdate — 1992 • Creator — Jonathan Hoefler • Foundry — Hoefler & Co.
Variants
Variants
Three optical sizes, with regular (or roman) and italic styles for each: • Requiem Fine: for very large sizes, especially thin serifs and overall stroke weight • Requiem Display: for large sizes • Requiem Text: for body text, higher x-height There are no small caps in the italic styles. • Requiem Display Ornaments: cartouches for large sizes • Requiem Text Ornaments: cartouches for small sizes Some releases of Requiem may also contain small caps, italic ligature and fleuron characters as separate fonts.
Uses
Uses
• The title and credits of the movie Signs. • The title and credits of the movie Pride & Prejudice. • The feline novel series Warriors by Erin Hunter. • The novel Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. • The novel Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon. • The novel series Farseer trilogy (The Illustrated Edition) by Robin Hobb. • The opening credits of the CBS series Ghost Whisperer. • The opening credits of the NBC series Hannibal. • The novel Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • Marshall McLuhan’s republished doctoral dissertation
Chronology
Dated record
Chronology
The full dated record · 2 entries
1992
Requiem first recorded.
1992
Requiem is recorded from 1992.
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 121925830X, Requiem.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7314840: Requiem
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Requiem Overview.
- 2.Coltz, Jon. Questions about Requiem for Jonathan Hoefler. daidala (archived).
- 3.Paul Shaw. Revival Type: Digital Typefaces Inspired by the Past. Yale University Press. 26–7. 2017. 978-0-300-21929-6.
- 4.Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Requiem optical sizes.
- 5.Requiem ornaments & cartouches.
- 6.Italic ligatures.
- 7.Special characters.
- 8.Requiem styles.
- 9.Hoefler Text | Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
- 10.Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Hoefler Titling.
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Citations
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authority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 121925830X, Requiem.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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