Hoefler Text
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| Category | Serif |
|---|---|
| Classification | Old-style |
| Designer | Jonathan Hoefler |
| Foundry | Apple Computer |
| Date released | 1991 |
| Re-issuing foundries | Hoefler & Co. |
Hoefler Text is an old-style serif font designed by Jonathan Hoefler and released by Apple Computer Inc. (now Apple Inc.) in 1991 to showcase advanced type technologies. Intended as a versatile font suitable for body text, it takes cues from a range of classic fonts, such as Janson and Garamond No. 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., has continued development of the typeface, developing a range of additional variants for sale.
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. In 2014, New York magazine commented that Hoefler Text "helped launch a thousand font obsessives." Hoefler Text was used in the Wikipedia logo until the 2010 redesign, when it was replaced with Linux Libertine.