The Public Theater
The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming playwrights and performers. It is headquartered at 425 Lafayette Street in the former Astor Library in Lower Manhattan. The Public Theater produces a wide variety of plays, musicals, and other performances, including free Shakespeare in the Park in Central Park. It is one of the largest and most influential theater companies in the United States and have won 54 Tony Awards, 152 Obie Awards, 42 Drama Desk Awards and five Pulitzer Prizes.
Knockout Typeface
Knockout is a family of sans serif typefaces designed by Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones for HF&J in 1994. It expands upon Hoefler’s earlier typeface, Champion Gothic, released in 1990. Like Champion, Knockout is inspired by a style of American wood type which was first introduced in the mid-nineteenth century, and remains popular to this day. Knockout is unique in that it contains nine different widths and each width is individually designed to include subtle variations, harkening back to nineteenth century typefaces that predated the idea of uniform type families. Because its range of widths, Knockout is a versatile typeface that can be used for a variety of purposes, including headlines, body text, and logos.
Similar typefaces
- Champion Gothic by Hoefler & Co.