Whitney (typeface)


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

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