Whitman Display is the bigger, more refined, more expressive member of the family. Taller proportions and closer fitting lend it a narrower, more elegant character. Whitman Display also expands upon the weight range of Whitman Text, adding a delicate Light at one end and a forceful ExtraBlack at the other.
The handful of original styles were commissioned in 2004 by the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Tacoma News Tribune for use in newspaper headings, and the family was subsequently filled out and released commercially through Font Bureau in 2008.
In addition to expanded language support, this latest revision sweetens some of the characteristic details and further enhances the contrast of the heavier weights, making it even more suitable for book covers, fashion spreads, posters — anywhere elegance and presence matters.