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Sir Frutiger
Adrian Frutiger is a distinguished typeface designer rooted in Switzerland. He has created a variety of fonts but most notably Univers and Frutiger. Univers was rare for its time because it was the first type family to use numbers to name the variousweights associated with the typeface. Built around the Roman version, Frutiger released a total of twenty one variations. Univers is special in that it uses even strokes, as well as x-height increases legibility when used in very large or very small fonts. In 1997, Frutiger used the linotype to expand this typeface totaling 63 fonts.
The Univers grid was introduced in 1957 along with the typeface. The grid is basically a visual way of displaying the different variations of the typeface. The grid can be read in multiple directions and additionally, is color coded. Each of the displayed even numbers are italic. Reading from left to right, the typeface descends from extended to condense. Top to bottom shows light to heavy, odd numbers are Roman. Glancing across the grid, each row has the same stroke width.
The Univers grid was introduced in 1957 along with the typeface. The grid is basically a visual way of displaying the different variations of the typeface. The grid can be read in multiple directions and additionally, is color coded. Each of the displayed even numbers are italic. Reading from left to right, the typeface descends from extended to condense. Top to bottom shows light to heavy, odd numbers are Roman. Glancing across the grid, each row has the same stroke width.
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