Retina (typeface)

Retina
CategorySans-serif
Designer(s)Tobias Frere-Jones
Commissioned byThe Wall Street Journal
FoundryHoefler & Frere-Jones
Date created1999
Date released2000
Re-issuing foundriesDigital
LicenseProprietary
TrademarkFrere-Jones Type
Websitefrerejones.com/families/retina

Retina is a font by created by Tobias Frere-Jones for The Wall Street Journal, which used it for high density print in their newspapers from 2000 to 2007. It was created to be legible at very small font sizes, using ink traps to stop smearing during the printing process.

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