Commercial · Serif · Hoefler&Co
Requiem
Requiem is a licensed font from Hoefler&Co: $199, as printed on the foundry or reseller’s page on 2026-09-05. The 3 open-licence families below are suggested in its place, each with the basis for the substitution.
The name above is set in a fallback face. Requiem is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Jonathan Hoefler
- Released
- 1991
- Styles
- 11
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- $199 (Requiem package. Prices read from typography.com’s product JSON (the same data the styles page renders); shown on the page as US dollar amounts.) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Renaissance-style serif whose capitals follow Arrighi’s 1523 writing manual, with an invented roman lowercase and chancery italic; separate masters for large, medium and small sizes.
Free alternatives to Requiem
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Requiem is not on this machine, so these were chosen by what is known about it — classification, lineage, common use — and each is labelled with that basis. Open one to see its measured character and neighbours.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Cormorant webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cormorant.
same classification
A Garamond-style serif with delicate, display-oriented forms and a lively italic close in spirit to Requiem.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The EB Garamond webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not EB Garamond.
same classification
A Renaissance revival with a chancery-flavoured italic; heavier and more text-oriented than Requiem’s display sizes.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Cinzel webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cinzel.
same classification
Inscriptional capitals in the Roman manner; capitals only, so it covers just Requiem’s titling role.
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