Bold Condensed Thin Ultra Condensed
ADRIAN FRUTIGER
ULTRA LIGHT
THIN
Black Extended Condensed
Ultra Condensed
MAY 24, 1928 UNTERSEEN
LIGHT
Extended
Light Condensed
Bold Extended
Light
9
WIDTHS
Light Ultra Condensed
Extra Black
9
WEIGHTS
Extra Black Extended
9
WIDTHS
19 57
44
FACES
Roman
WEIGHTS
UNI VERS
Bold
UNICOND–EXT VERS 9:
TYPE DESIGNER
Black
ADRIAN FRUTIGER
: 19 57 YEAR
44
FACES
EXTRA BLACK
ROMAN BOLD BLACK
ULTRA
BLACK
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890!@#$%^&*()_+ FRUTIGER’S NUMERIC SYSTEM Number
1
Weight
Width and position
Ultra
2
3
4
5
6 7
Ultra Light
Thin
Light
Roman
Medium
Ultra Extended
Extended
Extended
Normal
Oblique Condensed
Extended
Bold
Oblique Oblique
8 Heavy Condensed
9 Black
10 Extra Black
Ultra
Oblique Condensed
Uses of Univers Fonts
Univers font typeface was designed in 1954 by Adrian Frutiger and it was originally released and conceived in 1957 by Peignot and Deberny and in 1972 its type library was acquired by Haas. Basically Univers is a like a group of three typefaces which includes the Univers fonts, the Neue Haas Grotesk which was later renames as Helvetica and Folio. All the three typefaces are based on Akzidenz-Grotesk typeface of 1898 and this makes each of them to be confused for another. To differentiate the three typefaces, its designer Frutiger decided to use numbers instead of names.
Univers is well known for its legibility and clear lines and this has led to a number of national and multinational companies and organizations using it. Univers fonts were largely used in the 1960s to 1970s. Currently, a modified version of this font is being used by the Swiss international Airlines, Deutsche bank, Munich Re group (also uses a modified version) as well as all over the world for signage. Between 1986 and 2004, General Electric Company also used Univers. San Francisco BART, Montreal Metro, numerous Toronto transit stations, Walt Disney World and Frankfurt airport also made use of the Univers typeface.