Knockout® Perfect Font Pairings
Foundry: Hoefler & Co.
Designer: Jonathan Hoefler, expanded with the help of Tobias Frere-Jones
Classification: Grotesque Sans
ABOUT THE FAMILY
- Knockout is a modern interpretation of the sans serif typefaces used by American job printers in the late nineteenth century. With thirty-two styles, it draws inspiration from the tall, condensed woodtype fonts commonly seen in posters and advertising of that era.
- In addition to being a powerful display typeface family, Knockout also serves as an important preservation of American vernacular typography.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN FONTS THAT PAIR WELL WITH KNOCKOUT:
- Serif typeface – especially those with high levels of legibility.
- Slab or Clarendon typefaces with subtle to overt humanistic overtones.
- Old Style typeface designs like Eloquence™ or ITC Legacy Serif.
- Avoid sans serif fonts, but, some, like Frutiger® Next or ITC Stone Humanist, can pair well with Knockout. Just be sure that the weights of the two designs are dramatically different from each other.
KNOCKOUT PAIRING WITH TEXT FONTS
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