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Adrian Frutiger
Adrian Frutiger was born on May 24, 1928 and is a very famous Swiss typographer who has created more than 60 fonts in his career. (Identifont, Fonts Designed by Adrian Frutiger) Some of his most famous fonts are: Frutiger, Meridien, the OCR series, Univers, and Serifa, to name a few. He and a couple of colleagues founded their own studio near Paris in order to design, create and distribute their font-work. His work with typography has landed him a few awards and honors; 1986, the Gutenberg Prize of the City of Mains (Germany); 1987, Medal of the Type Directors Club of New York; 1993, Officier de loordre des Arts et des Lettres (Paris); 1993, Grand Prix National des Arts Graphiques (France). (Wikipedia, Awards)
Combining his Univers font, along with influences from the font Gill Sans, he created ‘Roissy,’ which ended up being used at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France. The company Linotype ended up renaming the font that he used to his last name – ‘Frutiger,’ and released it for the public to use in 1976. (Wikipedia, Work Summary) Frutiger attended college at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts and was taught by two renowned professors, Alfred Willimann and Walter Kach. He then went on as a professor for ten years at the Ecole Estienne, and eight years at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, in Paris. (Identifont, Adrian Frutiger)
A lot of his works are used in both metal and photocomposition systems. His most recent work was in 2008, when he helped create a redesigned version of his Meridien font, which Linotype then released on his 80th birthday as ‘Frutiger Serif.’ (Identifont, Adrian Frutiger)
The font that I have chosen for this research paper is called “Univers.” It was designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1954, and was published by Linotype in 1985. It was released right around the same time that Helvetica and Optima

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