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Category |
Serif Old-style |
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Designer(s) | Tobias Frere-Jones |
Foundry | Font Bureau |
Date released | 1994 |
Design based on | Nicolas Jenson |
Hightower Text is a serif typeface designed by Tobias Frere-Jones. It is loosely based on the printing of Nicolas Jenson in Venice in the 1470s, in what is now called the "old style" of serif fonts. [1]
Begun by Frere-Jones while he was a student, it was originally used in AIGA's magazine and released commercially by Font Bureau. [2] [3] It was named for the then-executive director of AIGA, Caroline Warner Hightower. [4] [5] It has been included with some Microsoft software such as versions of Microsoft Office. [6] Some releases have been called "High Tower Text".
The family includes an italic style; this is Frere-Jones' design, since this style only emerged after Jenson's death. A commercial release is sold by Font Bureau in the OpenType format, which includes small capitals, ligatures and both lining and text figures. [7] It does not include a bold style, which did not exist in Jenson's time.