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AVENIR AVENIR Avenir Light 55pt
Avenir Light Oblique 55pt
AVENIR AVENIR Avenir Book 55pt
Avenir Book Oblique 55pt
AVENIR AVENIR Avenir Roman 55pt
Avenir Oblique 55pt
AVENIR AVENIR Avenir Medium 55pt
Avenir Medium Oblique 55pt
Avenir Heavy 55pt
Avenir Heavy Oblique 55pt
AVENIR AVENIR
AVENIR AVENIR Avenir Black 55pt
Avenir Black Oblique 55pt
TABLE OF CONTENTS Avenir Heavy 44pt
3-4: history of Avenir 5-6: anatomy of the letters 7-8: variations of Avenir Avenir Book 31pt
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Avenir is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1988 and released by Linotype GmbH, now a subsidiary of Monotype Corporation.
Avenir is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1988 and released by Linotype GmbH, now a subsidiary of Monotype Corporation.
Avenir is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1988 and released by Linotype GmbH, now a subsidiary of Monotype Corporation.
The word avenir is French for “future”. The font takes inspiration from the early geometric sans-serif typefaces Erbar (1922), designed by Jakob Erbar, and Futura (1927), designed by Paul Renner. Frutiger intended Avenir to be a more organic, humanist interpretation of these highly geometric types. While similarities can be seen with Futura, the two-story lowercase a is more like Erbar, and also recalls Frutiger’s earlier namesake typeface, Frutiger.
The word avenir is French for “future”. The font takes inspiration from the early geometric sans-serif typefaces Erbar (1922), designed by Jakob Erbar, and Futura (1927), designed by Paul Renner. Frutiger intended Avenir to be a more organic, humanist interpretation of these highly geometric types. While similarities can be seen with Futura, the two-story lowercase a is more like Erbar, and also recalls Frutiger’s earlier namesake typeface, Frutiger.
The word avenir is French for “future”. The font takes inspiration from the early geometric sans-serif typefaces Erbar (1922), designed by Jakob Erbar, and Futura (1927), designed by Paul Renner. Frutiger intended Avenir to be a more organic, humanist interpretation of these highly geometric types. While similarities can be seen with Futura, the two-story lowercase a is more like Erbar, and also recalls Frutiger’s earlier namesake typeface, Frutiger.
Avenir Light 12pt
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Avenir is not purely geometric; it has vertical strokes that are thicker than the horizontals, an “o� that is not a perfect circle, and shortened ascenders.
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