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Frere-Jones Type @frerejones.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

New Release! Constrictor is a typeface in perpetual motion. Its patterns of interference provoke an emotional response and spark joy in users and readers. Fred Shallcrass has designed a family which radiates an energetic presence. See Constrictor at frerejones.com/families/con...

Specimen of the Constrictor typeface family

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Christine Bateup @christinebateup.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Our customized version of Empirica was in fact designed for the NYC Mayor’s Office by Tobias Frere-Jones and @ninastoessinger.bsky.social, but it is a thrill to hear Mayor Mamdani give a personal shout out to Tobias and our team’s design work!

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Frere-Jones Type @frerejones.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

We were honored to collaborate with Aneesh Bhoopathy at the NYC Mayor’s Office @mayorsoffice.nyc.gov on some custom type! At the Mayor’s 100 Day Address this past weekend, materials used an unreleased style of our Empirica typeface, modified to resonate with the campaign identity.

Photograph of Mayor Zohran Mamdani addressing a crowd of supporters on April 12, 2026.

Diagram of custom typeface for the mayor’s office, showing text “MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI”

Woman holding a rally sign saying “Put a Lid on It”

A woman holds a rally sign saying “Childcare for All” and a man hold a sign saying “NYC Groceries”

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Frere-Jones Type @frerejones.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

New release! Cassis is a generous, soulful sansserif with more interest in personality than perfection. Designed to project affable confidence and offer compelling density at larger sizes, it’s a powerful voice for branding, identity, and titling work: frerejones.com/families/cas...

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Frere-Jones Type @frerejones.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

DMs very active last night —! Still hoping to be a NYT crossword clue some day.

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Frere-Jones Type @frerejones.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Tonight! Tobias is presenting "Of Subways & Offsides" at Cooper Union, documenting the typefaces that he and Nina Stössinger designed for the New York City Football Club, in partnership with Gretel. Registration is free, hope to see you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/of-subways...

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Of Subways & Offsides with Tobias Frere-Jones

Tobias Frere-Jones recounts the research and design process behind the brand new typography created for the New York City Football Club

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 17/03/2025

Fontstand is becoming a co-op! At the Fontstand Conference in The Hague, we announced that we’re becoming a cooperatively owned and managed font distributor — with expanded licensing and services. Stay tuned as we create a more equitable, transparent and democratic model for font designers.

Photo from the Fontstand conference 2025, from left to right: Indra Kupferschmid, Andrej Krátky, Peter Biľak, Christine Bateup, and Christopher Slye.

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Communication Arts @commarts.com · 31/01/2025

CA Winner: Frere-Jones Type. "Supermassive" Bold and distinctive, Supermassive channels 1960s lettering with expansive curves and a strong vertical-horizontal weight balance. ow.ly/nerp50UBSf3

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Frere-Jones Type @frerejones.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

At the beginning of 2025, we celebrate the tenth anniversary of Frere-Jones Type, and also a kind of homecoming. Thirteen font families from my days in Boston are formally joining the Frere-Jones Type retail library. frerejones.com/blog/homecom...

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