Frere-Jones Type

Frere-Jones Type

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We make original typefaces for client commissions and retail licensing. Posts by Fred, Nina, and Tobias.

730 Followers 84 Following 4 Posts Joined Sep 2023
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New release! Cassis is a generous, soulful sansserif with more interest in personality than perfection. Designed to project affable confidence and offer compelling density at larger sizes, it’s a powerful voice for branding, identity, and titling work: frerejones.com/families/cas...

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2 months ago
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DMs very active last night —! Still hoping to be a NYT crossword clue some day.

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11 months ago
Of Subways & Offsides with Tobias Frere-Jones Tobias Frere-Jones recounts the research and design process behind the brand new typography created for the New York City Football Club

Tonight! Tobias is presenting "Of Subways & Offsides" at Cooper Union, documenting the typefaces that he and Nina Stössinger designed for the New York City Football Club, in partnership with Gretel. Registration is free, hope to see you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/of-subways...

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11 months ago
Photo from the Fontstand conference 2025, from left to right: Indra Kupferschmid, Andrej Krátky, Peter Biľak, Christine Bateup, and Christopher Slye.

Fontstand is becoming a co-op! At the Fontstand Conference in The Hague, we announced that we’re becoming a cooperatively owned and managed font distributor — with expanded licensing and services. Stay tuned as we create a more equitable, transparent and democratic model for font designers.

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1 year ago
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CA Winner: Frere-Jones Type. "Supermassive"
Bold and distinctive, Supermassive channels 1960s lettering with expansive curves and a strong vertical-horizontal weight balance. ow.ly/nerp50UBSf3

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1 year ago
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At the beginning of 2025, we celebrate the tenth anniversary of Frere-Jones Type, and also a kind of homecoming. Thirteen font families from my days in Boston are formally joining the Frere-Jones Type retail library.

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