Epitaph
Frere-Jones · Tobias Frere-Jones
A single-style revival of a nineteenth-century American Type Founders display face, drawn by Tobias Frere-Jones from an old ATF specimen.
About
Drawn from an American Type Founders specimen, Epitaph captures the character of Victorian inscriptional lettering with a tension between harshness and softness that Frere-Jones describes as a fine line between quaint and loud. The family comprises a single Book weight with Latin script support across a wide range of Western European languages. Its narrow application makes it suited to headings, titling and editorial contexts where period flavour is the point.
Classification
A revival of a nineteenth-century American Type Founders display face with characteristic Victorian inscriptional qualities, placing it squarely in the display category with a historical decorative subcategory.