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Retina Typeface by Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones - available somewhere?
Posted by henryb4762 in
19 Feb 2013 — 6:03pm
19 Feb 2013 — 6:03pm
Hello,
I have been looking for Retina and cannot see it available anywhere. Is this typeface not readily available for purchase?
Any help with this would be much appreciated.
Cheers!
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19 Feb 2013 — 8:40pm
Retina was commissioned by the Wall Street Journal, and so far as I know they retain exclusive usage rights. It's possible that the contract between the WSJ and Hoefler & Frere-Jones will allow H&F-J to license the font to other customers at some time, but I don't recall any announcement of a specific period of exclusivity.
20 Feb 2013 — 9:01pm
Retina is used by numerous newspapers and magazines. It's definitely available for license, but you'll have to contact HFJ directly since it's not on their website.
24 Feb 2013 — 7:53pm
I always misread that initialism and wonder what kind of special justification is done with H&FJ versus ordinary hyphenation and justification.
27 Feb 2013 — 4:17am
The former is for posh books where everything has to be as fine and flat-ironed as possible.
Alternatively, it is when the J is FUBAR.