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Disappointed by the standard of mental health care at the time, Frutiger and his wife founded the Adrian and Simone Frutiger Foundation (French: Fondation Adrian et Simone Frutiger) to fund psychology and neuroscience research and developments in mental health support. [15] [16] [17] In an interview, Frutiger described himself as a Calvinist. [7]
Univers (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a sans-serif typeface family designed by Adrian Frutiger and released by his employer Deberny & Peignot in 1957. [1] Classified as a neo-grotesque sans-serif, one based on the model of nineteenth-century German typefaces such as Akzidenz-Grotesk, it was notable for its availability from the moment of its launch in a comprehensive range of weights and widths.
New Swiss road signs near Lugano use the typeface ASTRA-Frutiger.. Frutiger is a sans-serif typeface by the Swiss type designer Adrian Frutiger.It is the text version of Frutiger's earlier typeface Roissy, commissioned in 1970/71 [6] by the newly built Charles de Gaulle Airport at Roissy, France, which needed a new directional sign system, which itself was based on Concorde, a font Frutiger ...
It was most prominently featured in the logo of Montgomery Ward from 1982 to 1992 and again in the revived online store. It was also used in the campaign ads for Ross Perot's 1992 Presidential campaign and from 1982 to late 1987 on the graphics of various CBS News programming, and for the local news programs at the CBS owned-and-operated television stations (as well as several affiliates).
Adrian Frutiger (1928–2015), typeface designer; Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli) (1741–1825), painter; Johann Caspar Füssli (1706–1782), portrait painter; Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743–1786), entomologist; Karl Gerstner (1930–2017), graphic designer and painter; Salomon Gessner (1730–1788) Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966 ...
Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. ... Adrian Frutiger (1928–2015), ... Adrian Pennino, wife of Rocky Balboa;
Sample image of Méridien. Méridien is a serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger and released by Deberny & Peignot in 1957 for its phototypesetting system. [1]Intended as a typeface suitable for text use, Méridien takes inspiration from 'Latin' or wedge-serif typefaces, with their sharp, exaggerated serifs, but in a more restrained style intended to be suitable for body text, with a wide ...
Egyptienne was designed in 1956 by Adrian Frutiger for the Fonderie Deberny et Peignot and was the first new text face created for the process of phototypesetting. The x-height is high, and some lowercase characters, especially a and e bear comparison with other Frutiger typefaces, especially Meridien and Serifa. Egyptienne shows historical ...