Hoefler & Frere-Jones

Cyclone

Part of the Shades collection of two-color fonts, Cyclone is a compact inline that can be edgy or earnest.

Many decorated typefaces are either decidedly stodgy or insufferably hip. In developing Cyclone, an adaptation of our Knockout No. 67 typeface, we identified one of the culprits: a set of six letters, whose design can dramatically polarize the disposition of a typeface. Cyclone includes alternates for each of these characters, whose addition allows the face to appear either solemn and commanding, or exuberant and spry.