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Leviathan

Leviathan®

by Hoefler & Co.
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Complete family of 2 fonts: $103.99
Leviathan Font Family was designed by Jonathan Hoefler and published by Hoefler & Co.. Leviathan contains 2 styles and family package options.

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  • Leviathan Black Leviathan Black

  • Leviathan Black Italic Leviathan Black Italic

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$51.99

Pack of 2 styles:

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About Leviathan Font Family


Leviathan is the gothic (sans serif) member of The Proteus Project, a collection of four interchangeable type families designed in different nineteenth century styles.

The Leviathan typeface was designed by Jonathan Hoefler in 1992. Leviathan is the sans serif member of The Proteus Project, a typographic theme-and-variations in different nineteenth century styles. Like the earliest sans serif poster types, Leviathan presents as a slab serif typeface denuded of ornamentation; unlike these early faces, it includes a companion italic, whose cursive motif adds a welcome brightness to the dark gothic style. Leviathan was created for Rolling Stone, in whose pages the typeface first appeared in 1993.

From the desk of the designer:

Leviathan began as a sans serif conversion of our Ziggurat typeface, a process which echoes the way in which many early gothics were developed. Like all typographic names that evoke the ancient world (Egyptian, Tuscan, Ionic, etc.) the term “gothic” is a nineteenth century English coinage that reminds us of that culture’s fascination with antiquity.

Designers: Jonathan Hoefler

Publisher: Hoefler & Co.

Foundry: Hoefler & Co.

Design Owner: Hoefler & Co.

MyFonts debut: null

Leviathan® 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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