adrian frutiger

Adrian Frutiger was born near Interlaken, Switzerland, the son of a weaver. As a boy, he experimented with invented scripts and stylized handwriting in negative reaction to the formal, cursive penmanship then required by Swiss schools. His early interest in sculpture was discouraged by his father and by his secondary school teachers; they encouraged him to work in printing. Though in the world of print, he maintains the love of sculpture that has influenced his type forms.

 

 

Frutiger's typefaces include:

 

* Ondine (1954)

* President (1954)

* Meridien (1955)

* Egyptienne (1956)

* Univers (1957)

* Apollo (1962)

* Serifa (1967)

* OCR-B (1968)

* Iridium (1975)

* Frutiger (designed 1975 for Charles de Gaulle Airport, issued by Linotype in 1976)

* Glypha (1977)

* Icone (1980)

* Breughel (1982)

* Versailles (1982)

* Linotype Centennial (1986)

* Avenir (1988)

* Westside (1989)

* Herculanum (1990)

* Vectora (1990)

* Linotype Didot (1991)

* Pompeijana (1992)

* Rusticana (1993)

* Frutiger Stones (1998)

* Frutiger Symbols (1998)

* Linotype Univers (1999)

* Frutiger Next (2000)

* Nami (2006)

* Frutiger Arabic (2007)

* Frutiger Serif (2008)

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