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Requiem (typeface)
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<h2 id="variants">Variants</h2> <p>Three optical sizes, with regular (or roman) and italic styles for each: </p> <ul><li>Requiem Fine: for very large sizes, especially thin serifs and overall <a href="/facts/Stroke_weight/04Q7sE8J">stroke weight</a></li> <li>Requiem Display: for large sizes</li> <li>Requiem Text: for body text, higher <a href="/facts/X-height/lXpkGuqV">x-height</a></li></ul> <p>There are no small caps in the italic styles.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Requiem Display Ornaments: cartouches for large sizes</li> <li>Requiem Text Ornaments: cartouches for small sizes</li></ul> <p>Some releases of Requiem may also contain <a href="/facts/Small_caps/SVH5prpT">small caps</a>, italic ligature and fleuron characters as separate fonts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="uses">Uses</h2> <ul><li>The title and credits of the movie <i><a href="/facts/Signs_(2002_film)/5PMwy68c">Signs</a></i>.</li> <li>The title and credits of the movie <i><a href="/facts/Pride_%2526_Prejudice_(2005_film)/5vxUhrTY">Pride & Prejudice</a></i>.</li> <li>The feline novel series <i><a href="/facts/Warriors_(novel_series)/tVGkxVJf">Warriors</a></i> by <a href="/facts/Erin_Hunter/QEV3GeqS">Erin Hunter</a>.</li> <li>The novel <i><a href="/facts/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)/SrwVxRBg">Cloud Atlas</a></i> by <a href="/facts/David_Mitchell_(author)/WsjvDA4b">David Mitchell</a>.</li> <li>The opening credits of the <a href="/facts/CBS/BhMsVoej">CBS</a> series <i><a href="/facts/Ghost_Whisperer/K4wVrmP9">Ghost Whisperer</a></i>.</li> <li>The opening credits of the <a href="/facts/NBC/zyfTYCvW">NBC</a> series <i><a href="/facts/Hannibal_(TV_series)/kKKSRKcT">Hannibal</a></i>.</li> <li>The novel <i><a href="/facts/Americanah/Eb07L0YJ">Americanah</a></i> by <a href="/facts/Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie/Pzn6sfHJ">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Marshall_McLuhan/XztxTCpM">Marshall McLuhan</a>’s republished doctoral dissertation</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Hoefler_Text/kcBAp4r1">Hoefler Text</a> - old-style serif design, also by Jonathan Hoefler, with bold styles, swashes and a wider range of arabesque designs; also matching titling face Hoefler Titling.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Dodd, Robin. <i>From Gutenberg to Open Type.</i> Hartley & Marks: 2006. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-88179-210-2.</li> <li>Macmillan, Neil. <i>An A–Z of Type Designers.</i> <a href="/facts/Yale_University_Press/oavMPaT7">Yale University Press</a>: 2006. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-300-11151-4.</li> <li><a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/font_overview.php?productLineID=100020">Typography.com</a>, Hoefler & Frere-Jones' Web site page on Requiem</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/data/indiv/rare/type-exhibit/2rvi/arrighi.htm">Columbia.edu</a>, Specimen of Arrighi's <i>cancelleresca corsiva</i></li> <li><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/7540/requiem">Fonts In Use website</a> - prominent uses of Requiem</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Requiem Overview". Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Retrieved 16 August 2015. <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/overview/" target="_blank">http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/overview/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Coltz, Jon. "Questions about Requiem for Jonathan Hoefler". daidala (archived). Archived from the original on 16 March 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070316111623/http://www.daidala.com:80/07feb2003.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070316111623/http://www.daidala.com:80/07feb2003.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Paul Shaw (2017). Revival Type: Digital Typefaces Inspired by the Past. Yale University Press. pp. 26–7. ISBN 978-0-300-21929-6. <a href="978-0-300-21929-6" target="_blank">978-0-300-21929-6</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Requiem optical sizes". Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Retrieved 16 August 2015. <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/features/requiem-optical-sizes" target="_blank">http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/features/requiem-optical-sizes</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Requiem ornaments & cartouches". Retrieved 16 August 2015. <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/features/requiem-ornaments" target="_blank">http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/features/requiem-ornaments</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Italic ligatures". <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/features/requiem-italic-ligatures" target="_blank">http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/features/requiem-italic-ligatures</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Special characters". Retrieved 16 August 2015. <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/features/requiem-special-characters" target="_blank">http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/features/requiem-special-characters</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Requiem styles". Retrieved 16 August 2015. <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/styles/" target="_blank">http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/styles/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Requiem styles". Retrieved 16 August 2015. <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/styles/" target="_blank">http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/styles/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Requiem styles". Retrieved 16 August 2015. <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/styles/" target="_blank">http://www.typography.com/fonts/requiem/styles/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Hoefler Text | Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Retrieved November 18, 2009. <a href="http://typography.com/fonts/font_overview.php?productLineID=100010" target="_blank">http://typography.com/fonts/font_overview.php?productLineID=100010</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Hoefler Titling". Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Retrieved 7 July 2015. <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/hoefler-titling/overview/" target="_blank">http://www.typography.com/fonts/hoefler-titling/overview/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>