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to automate repetitive tasks. Their typefaces are systematic and logical and incorporate specific features based on their research. Hoefler has designed original typefaces for
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when both were trying to purchase German type foundry catalogs. In 1999, Hoefler began working with Frere-Jones, and from 2005 to 2014 the company operated under the name
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Jonathan
Hoefler was born on August 22, 1970, in New York City to Doreen Benjamin and Charles Hoefler, a theatrical set designer and producer. Growing up, it was the
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announced the acquisition of
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text on boxes of custard that drew him to typography design. He is largely self-taught, and worked with magazine art director
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magazine and received wide recognition for their work and in the last 20 years is one of the most successful typefaces.
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321:Prix Charles Peignot
268:They Might Be Giants
195:Hoefler Type Foundry
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339:AIGA Medal
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