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  2. Adrian Frutiger - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Univers - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Type Directors Club - Wikipedia

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    In 1955 the first TDC competition was held to recognize outstanding work in the profession. The TDC’s first international conference, Type 1987 was held in Manhattan, giving participants the opportunity to gather with “stars” from outside the US like Adrian Frutiger and Neville Brody. in 2018, as part of a rebranding led by Debbie Millman, the TDC adopted the “Type Drives Culture ...

  5. Frutiger (typeface) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Deaths in September 2015 - Wikipedia

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    Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference. ... Adrian Frutiger, 87, Swiss type designer. [171] José María ...

  7. List of Swiss people - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Adrien Brody reveals 'personal connection' to 3½-hour epic ...

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    NEW YORK – Adrien Brody is back with a career-best performance. Twenty-two years after his Oscar-winning turn in “The Pianist,” the 51-year-old actor could very well pick up a second golden ...

  9. Reverse-contrast typefaces - Wikipedia

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    A variety of more modern adaptations have been made of the style, including Robert Harling's Playbill (1938) and more recently Adrian Frutiger's Westside, URW++'s Zirkus and Bitstream's P. T. Barnum. [36] [55] [63] [64] Writing on why he created a design in the genre, Frutiger, a designer better-known for his work in the sans-serif genre ...