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Idlewild®

by Hoefler & Co.
Licenses from $104.00 USD
Complete family of 5 fonts: $104.00 USD
The Idlewild Font Family was designed by Tobias Frere-Jones with Jonathan Hoefler and published by Hoefler & Co.. Idlewild contains 5 styles and family package options.

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  • Idlewild Bold

  • Idlewild Book

  • Idlewild Light

  • Idlewild Medium

  • Idlewild Thin

Per Style:

$20.80 USD

Pack of 5 styles:

$104.00 USD

About the family


A distinctive typeface that’s at home everywhere it goes.

The Idlewild typeface was designed by Tobias Frere-Jones with Jonathan Hoefler in 2004. A wide sans serif with extroverted gestures and serpentine curves, Idlewild recalls the hopeful and ambitious lettering of cruise ships and airplanes from America’s golden age of travel. Idlewild is named for the New York City airport that opened in 1948, known today as John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Designers: Tobias Frere-Jones with Jonathan Hoefler

Publisher: Hoefler & Co.

Foundry: Hoefler & Co.

Design Owner: Hoefler & Co.

MyFonts debut: null

Idlewild® is a registered trademark of The Hoefler Type Foundry, Inc.

About Hoefler & Co.

Famous for designing long-lived typefaces marked by high performance and high style, Hoefler&Co creates the fonts that give voice to the world’s foremost institutions, publications, causes, and brands. With a library of 1,500 fonts designed for print, web, office, and mobile fonts, Hoefler&Co is everywhere. Their typefaces shaped the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Joe Biden; they’re on the cornerstone of One World Trade Center and on every iPhone ever made. They serve brands from Delta Air Lines to Tiffany & Co., publications from Harper’s Bazaar to The New York Times, institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum, The Public Theater, and New York University, and non-profit organizations including the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and The Peconic Land Trust. The Premium foundry page can be viewed Here.

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