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Avenir is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1987 [1] and released in 1988 by Linotype GmbH. The word avenir is French for ' future ' . As the name suggests, the family takes inspiration from the geometric style of sans-serif typeface developed in the 1920s that took the circle as a basis, such as Erbar and Futura .
Adrian Johann Frutiger [1] (Swiss Standard German: [ˈaːdriaːn ˈjoːhan ˈfruːtɪɡər]; 24 May 1928 – 10 September 2015) was a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design in the second half of the 20th century.
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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 ...
[22] Leading type designer Adrian Frutiger wrote in 1961 on designing a new face, Univers, on the nineteenth-century model: "Some of these old sans-serifs have had a real renaissance within the last twenty years, once the reaction of the 'New Objectivity' had been overcome. A purely geometrical form of type is unsustainable."
Avenir is the French word for "future". ... Avenir (typeface), a typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger; Avenir, Alberta, Canada; Buick Avenir, a concept car;
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.
Frutiger may refer to: Adrian Frutiger, a Swiss typeface designer; Frutiger Aero, a user interface design style and Internet aesthetic; Frutiger AG, a Swiss construction company; Frutiger (typeface), a typeface designed by the Swiss typeface designer Adrian Frutiger