(x) Modified RequiemHTF fonts

dhannah1000
3.Dec.2004 1.50pm
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I picked up a copy of Nature Consrvatory Magazine
and there was a typeface that amazed me. It is a modified version of HTF's Requiem. The lowercase is slightly different, and it has a bold version too. What is the official name?



wizard7926
3.Dec.2004 2.22pm
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Do you have a sample of the text you could post?


marcox
3.Dec.2004 3.54pm
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They use Sabon for body copy, ITC Conduit for heads/sidebars and, yes, Requiem for heads and display copy.*

Requiem has Text, Display and Fine weights. Maybe what you think is bold is just the Text weight used larger than intended?

*The most recent issue of Nature Conservancy I have is from 2002, but I don't think they've redesigned since then.


dhannah1000
4.Dec.2004 12.00pm
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Here is the Sample.Modified RequiemHTF Fonts


marcox
4.Dec.2004 12.25pm
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Good eye, Danny -- that *is* a slightly different/modified version of Requiem! I hadn't noticed the missing serifs on the legs of the h, m and n when I leafed through the magazine.

Perhaps this is a pre-release version of Requiem? It's fairly common for Hoefler's designs to be commissioned/used by magazines before they're available to the general public.* Although I have a hard time imagining a non-profit like the Nature Conservancy paying for exclusive use of a face.

The Typophile proprietors are buddies with Mr. Hoefler. Perhaps they can shed some light on this question.

*Heck, even the business magazine I art directed back in the '90s used a weight of Hoefler's Champion that wasn't available for retail sale.


Palatine
21.Oct.2005 6.19pm
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I know this is an old thread, but we seem to have an unanswered question here.

What kind of Requiem is that? It looks like Requiem, but a horrible version of it. Those missing serifs ruin an otherwise beautiful face.


Bald Condensed
22.Oct.2005 7.38am
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I know this is an old thread, but we seem to have an unanswered question here.

Errr, we have quite a few unanswered questions in the archives. I hope they don’t get revived all at once, because that would be a bitch to keep track of. It’s not like I actually need the extra work... ;^P


Palatine
22.Oct.2005 9.34pm
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Meh, I was just on a big Requiem kick when I wrote that. ;-)

This thread can die. I have no special love for it.

By the way, clever nickname.