Who is Adrian Frutiger?
Adrian Frutiger is one of the most important typeface designers of the twentieth century. In addition he is a symbolist, sculptor and a painter who is best known for creating the Frutiger and Univers typefaces. He was born in 1928 in Switzerland and worked as an apprentice in his teenage years. He was interested in calligraphy and studied ancient Roman script while in school. After his school career he worked in Paris as an apprentice for Charles Peignot at a foundry that created metal fonts and type for the new Lumitype/Photon phototypesetting systems.. Frutiger was still interested in his Swiss teachings; he liked to work with black and white cut outs, and woodcutting. While in Paris with Peignot, he designed his first commercial typefaces, Président, Phoebus, and Ondine between 1954 and 55. He created a custom type for the Charles de Gaulle airport in France in the1970s. When the Mergenthaler Linotype Company released it for public use in 1976, the formerly titled Roissy, was renamed Frutiger.
He lives today in Bern Switzerland
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