Hofstad is a font style which was modeled on a poster created by Dutch graphic artist Jan Lavies (1902 - 2005). Lavies became well-known for the posters he designed for the Holland America Line of cruise ships. Hofstad font was called after the theatre group "Vereenigd Rotterdamsch - Hofstad Tooneel" for which Jan Lavies developed a poster.
Hofstad features all diacritics.