font_designer: Adrian Frutiger

Frutiger

Frutiger font

In 1968, Adrian Frutiger was commissioned to develop a sign and directional system for the new Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Though everyone thought he would want to use his successful Univers font...

Egyptienne F

Egyptienne F font

Deberny & Peignot’s elegant humanist slabserif designed as a photocomposition textface by Adrian Frutiger in 1956.

Didot

Didot font

The typeface family known as Didot was designed by Firmin Didot in Paris in 1783. The Didot types defined the characteristics of the modern (or Didone) roman type style, with their substantial stems flowing...

Linotype Centennial

Linotype Centennial font

Centennial appeared in 1986 in honor of Linotype’s 100th birthday. The roman and light cuts of the font are reminiscent of the Century typeface, particularly on that of Linn B. Benton and Morris F....

Avenir

Avenir font

In drawing the Avenir® typeface, Adrian Frutiger looked to both the past and the future for inspiration. His goal was to reinterpret the geometric sans serif designs of the early part of the 20th...

Apollo MT

Apollo MT font

Apollo was designed in 1964 by Adrian Frutiger for the Monotype Corporation and was the first typeface created specifically for the new Monophoto technology. Originally designed for printing on smooth papers by photolithography, Apollo...

Univers Next Arabic

Univers Next Arabic font

Univers Next Arabic is designed by Lebanese designer Nadine Chahine as a companion to the Latin typeface Univers Next and with the consulting of Adrian Frutiger. It is a modern Kufi design with large...

Phoebus

Phoebus font

Nami

Nami font

Avenir Next Pro

Avenir Next Pro font

In 2004, Frutiger, together with Linotype in-house type designer Akira Kobayashi, reworked the Avenir family to address on-screen display issues. The result was titled Avenir Next. The typeface family was increased to 32 fonts:...