A dated editorial typeface credit
Creative director Wyatt Mitchell discusses the 2013 recut of Irvin, including ligatures, in the magazine’s own design video. It connects the refreshed type to Rea Irvin’s original work. This attribution is scoped to that editorial refresh; it does not establish every current masthead file or an authorized retail release.
Evidence for this attribution ↓No paid font selected
Free alternatives
Compare the actual letterforms with the same text. These are editorial alternatives, not fonts attributed to The New Yorker.
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Libre Baskerville
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Regular · Latin specimen
Compare a quieter editorial serif with your own headline and supporting text. It is not Irvin.
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Cinzel
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Regular · Latin specimen
Try a different formal uppercase title. This is an independent direction, not magazine attribution.
View fontChoose typography for more than a masthead
For an original magazine or newsletter, compare a short publication name with a long article headline. A distinctive display face may work well in one and become distracting in the other. Test punctuation, proper names and mixed case. Consider how ligatures behave in ordinary words, and check that a narrow column does not produce awkward line breaks. Keep body text comfortable at its actual size. A publication’s identity comes from a repeatable hierarchy across headlines, captions and sections, not only the appearance of its name.
Separate the documented family from available alternatives
MyFonts lists ITC Benguiat from ITC. Explore it as an independent editorial serif direction, not the Irvin recut used by the magazine. Review its actual styles and the license needed for print or web use before purchase. Libre Baskerville offers a quieter free reading and heading comparison, while Cinzel suggests a more formal uppercase direction. These families have different letter shapes and neither is an exact magazine replica. FindFont’s previews use reviewed open-license files. No magazine artwork or unverified Irvin font file is distributed on this page.
Evidence for this attribution ↓Common questions
Does this page provide the magazine’s original font?
No. The inspected source identifies a dated recut, but an authorized original-file distribution is not established.
Is ITC Benguiat the same family as Irvin?
No. It is an independent commercial direction and is not attributed to the magazine’s refresh.
Sources & evidence
Editorial review completed September 30, 2026.
- The New Yorker — 2013 design refresh
Official video with creative director Wyatt Mitchell
- MyFonts — ITC Benguiat
Authorized family and license listing
- The New Yorker — logo artwork and reuse record
Image provenance and copyright-status record; separate from font attribution
