# Tobias Frere-Jones (@tobias-frere-jones)

Tobias Frere-Jones was a American type designer. Tobias Frere-Jones created type families including Interstate, Gotham, and Retina for signage, identity, and news settings.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Tobias Frere-Jones's public record._

## Topics

- [Legacy and Context](/@tobias-frere-jones/legacy-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Major Work](/@tobias-frere-jones/major-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Practice and Method](/@tobias-frere-jones/practice-and-method.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://frerejones.com/about
- blog: https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2013/09/24/national-design-awards-tobias-frere-jones/
- blog: https://www.moma.org/artists/26486

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "tobias-frere-jones", "question": "…"}`.