Monotype Univers advert, 1964
Univers was, as this 1964 advert notes, designed by Adrian Frutiger for his employers the French typefopundry of Deberny & Peignot and issued in 1957. It was designed to be a large 'family' of variations on the typeface, available in a wide range of weights and sizes. It became very widely used in the 1960s and '70s, licensed to Monotype amongst others. Although issued as metal type Univers was amongst the first typeface designed with modern phototypesetting in mind.
Monotype Univers advert, 1964
Univers was, as this 1964 advert notes, designed by Adrian Frutiger for his employers the French typefopundry of Deberny & Peignot and issued in 1957. It was designed to be a large 'family' of variations on the typeface, available in a wide range of weights and sizes. It became very widely used in the 1960s and '70s, licensed to Monotype amongst others. Although issued as metal type Univers was amongst the first typeface designed with modern phototypesetting in mind.