Adrian Frutiger, born in 1928 in Unterlaken Switzerland, has created seventeen widely know typefaces, including President, Meridien, Appllo, Courier New, Frutiger, Serifa, Univers, and many more. His career with type and printing began as a printer’s assistant at age sixteen. Not long after, he studied under Walter Kach and Alfred Wilimann at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts. Upon graduation, he began at Deberny and Peignot typefoundry transferring traditional printed typefaces into the technological world. However, outside of work he began to create his own typefaces. His first, Phoebus, was completed in 1953 and with two more designs in just two years, he soon became known as an international typeface designer.
Beginning in 1987, Frutiger began receiving awards for his contributions to typography. He has received five awards, ranging from the Type Directors Club (TDC) Medal in 1987 to the SOTA Typography Award in 2006.
Of his typefaces, Univers is his most notable font because of its diversity and complexity. Frutiger made a typeface system for Univers, organizing 21 variants into a numeric system. Within this system, the first digit of each typeface represents the weight, and the second digit denotes the width. With each number increase, the weight and height of the type increases and vise-verse. The Univers family is organized into the Universe grid, defining each variation by width and weight.
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