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Linotype Univers® 210 Compressed Thin

- by Adrian Frutiger, Linotype Design Studio
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Linotype Univers® Com 210 Compressed Thin
  Format: OpenType Com

Price: US$ 79.00
  
... is part of the Linotype Univers® Font Family, comprising altogether 63 fonts in OpenType Com format.
Character set features:
euro latinext isoadobe2 adobece
388 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in:
Linotype Univers® Com LT Univers Compressed 1 Value Pack
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Linotype Univers® 210 Compressed Thin
  Format: Windows TrueType

Price: US$ 79.00
  
... is part of the Linotype Univers® Font Family, comprising altogether 63 fonts in Windows TrueType format.
Character set features:
euro
244 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in: In this format only available as single font.
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Linotype Univers® 210 Compressed Thin
  Format: Windows PostScript

Price: US$ 79.00
  
... is part of the Linotype Univers® Font Family, comprising altogether 63 fonts in Windows PostScript format.
Character set features:
euro
246 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in: In this format only available as single font.
Technical information  

Linotype Univers® 210 Compressed Thin
  Format: Mac PostScript

Price: US$ 79.00
  
... is part of the Linotype Univers® Font Family, comprising altogether 63 fonts in Mac PostScript format.
Character set features:
euro
247 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in: In this format only available as single font.
Technical information  

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By Adrian Frutiger Much has been written about the evolution of type: how the forms of our letters took shape, from the roman capitals to the Carolingian minuscules, and how the Latin alphabet was then, essentially, finalized for eternity by the first printing presses of the Renaissance Age. Looking back from where we stand now, we could say that the original forms of our uppercase letters are around 2,000 years old, while those of our lowercase letters would be over 1,000 years old. And [...]
Linotype Univers® is a completey reworked version of the original Univers typeface family designed by Adrian Frutiger forty years ago. It includes 59 Linotype Univers weights and 4 monospaced Linotype Univers Typewriter weights. All fonts contain the Euro currency symbol. Starting with Version 3.0, Linotype Univers will also be available with optimized screen display in TrueType format. Linotype Univers®, along with Avenir® Next, Compatil®, Eurostile® Next, Frutiger® [...]
Adrian Frutiger has spent decades working very closely with Linotype. In the many years of this fruitful collaboration, we’ve accumulated a number of photographs of Adrian Frutiger. These images show glimpses of the different periods and highlights of his life so far, including pictures of him working in his studio, moments of him along with his typefaces, and even more recent shots of him working together with Akira Kobayashi. We hope that you enjoy browsing through these images.
Frutiger® – the sans serif classic. Get the original from Linotype as single fonts, in a Value Pack, or on CD. About Frutiger Famous type designer Adrian Frutiger created a masterpiece with this typeface. Faced with the challenge of designing an exceptionally legible type for the signs of the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, he developed the now legendary Frutiger in 1968. The original Linotype typeface has since been expanded to include 14 weights and is of course not just [...]
Linotype’s Platinum Collection typefaces – Value Packs for the fonts now available The Platinum Collection is an exclusive series of optimized classic typefaces in the Linotype Library. In close collaboration with world-famous type designers, Linotype has produced reworked, expanded typeface families that are both technologically and aesthetically up to date. These new typeface families have fine, harmonious weights; some have new italic weights and often come complete with Small Caps [...]
Über die Lesbarkeit Unter dem Einfluss der verschieden Druckverfahren hat die lateinische Textschrift subtile Formveränderungen erfahren. Grundsätzlich neue Formen sind jedoch keine entstanden. Als Demonstration dafür sind acht a in den meistgelesenen Schriftstilen mit einem Drehraster versehen und übereinander kopiert. Das Resultat zeigt eine erstaunliche Übereinstimmung.
Linotype previously had three design studios located around the globe: Mergenthaler Linotype, in the United States, was founded in Brooklyn, but later moved to Melville, NY, and then to Hauppauge, NY. Mergenthaler Linotype's design studio employed at varying times up to 80 designers under the direction of Chauncey H. Griffith, Jackson Burke, Mike Parker, and Matthew Carter. In continental Europe, Linotype typefaces were produced by the D. Stempel AG typefoundry in Frankfurt, Germany. [...]
For over 40 years, Univers has remained one of the most used sanserifs. It binds the rational and economic elements of typography with a timeless elegance and modern grace. Its systematic construction and almost unlimited applications made Unviers a success in all corners of the world. Due to the translation of typefaces from hot-metal setting to phototype, and shortly thereafter to digital typesetting, many new Univers families, some of which differed considerably from the original, [...]
The font Univers™ is one of the greatest typographic achievements of the second half of the 20th century The typeface has the advantage of having a variety of weights which even combined give an impression of steadiness and homogeneity. The clear, objective forms of Univers™ make this a legible font suitable for almost any typographic need. In 1954 the type foundry Deberny & Peignot wanted to add a linear sans serif antiqua in serveral weights to the range of the Lumitype-fonts. Adrian [...]
The Univers® family of fonts designed by Adrian Frutiger more than forty years ago is one of the most innovative type creations of the modern age. Its introduction prompted a reappraisal of the sans serif. While the forms of the Univers have their roots in the old grotesque types, they also combine features which rebel against the past. They carry in them the knowledge that type is part of the cultural heritage handed down from our forefathers, a heritage which we should neither ignore or [...]
Portrait We can read because we perceive elements and forms which are familiar to us. So in order to even recognize words, we must first decipher the elements which make up the shapes of the letters – a process which involves the interplay of myriad aspects. To a certain degree, many of us are aware of these aspects. Yet Adrian Frutiger knows about such shifting dynamics in perception in a way no other person can, as he has been instrumental in researching the subject and over several decades [...]
Westside™ Westside can be classified as a "wood type." It is reminiscent of dusty streets, Wild West heroes and swinging saloon doors. The origins of wood types are found in the early nineteenth century, when such types really were cut in wood, and printed on hand presses. Westside has big fat serifs and heavy horizontals that are much thicker than the skinny vertical strokes. When the letters are set together, the heavy serifs build dark horizontal bands. As most of Frutiger's other fonts are [...]
Find further Font Features in our Font Feature Archive. Typographic Tip of the Month from Linotype’s Type Director Akira Kobayashi! June 2006: “Apostrophes and Quotation Marks” Which glyph is correct: the inch, the acute, or the apostrophe? – This feature describes the poper use of the pesky punctuation mark that signifies omission and forms the possessive (and sometimes plurals). Apostrophes Prime symbol, used here to incorrectly create the [...]
With the invention of the printing press, a longing for formal refinement began to awaken. First leaning on the bold and distinct typography of incunabula, styles gradually progressed to culminate in the decorative classical fonts of the 17th and 18th centuries. This growing preoccupation with ever greater refinement was also reflected in the architecture of the times, as well as in objects of daily use, especially furniture. But also the fashionable attire worn by the upper classes of each [...]
Initial concepts for comprehensive type systems surfaced as early as the 1930s, yet they remained the exception. In the days of hot-metal typesetting, handbooks generally recommended creating typeface mixtures from a single type family, a family being understood as including all of a typeface’s weights, such as light, normal, semi-bold, and bold, and including all of the italic weights as well. A well-rounded type family also includes small caps, tabular and old-style figures. These days, the [...]

About Linotype Univers® 210 Compressed Thin ...

Linotype usage sample for Linotype Univers® Com 210 Compressed Thin
Designer: Adrian Frutiger / Linotype Design Studio, 1999
Linotype Univers® 210 Compressed Thin belongs to the Linotype Univers® Font Family which is part of the Platinum Collection.
Linotype Univers™ is a completely reworked version of the original Univers Univers typeface family designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1957. After a long process of painstakingly detailed revision, Frutiger and the design staff at Linotype completed this large joint project in 1997. The result: a brilliant and cohesive font family of 63 weights and styles including the 4 monospaced typewriter weights. All the existing weights were completely redrawn, with careful attention paid to making the proportions more consistent with each other and improving fine details such as curves and thick-to-thin stroke ratios. The family was expanded from 27 to 63 weights, providing a much larger framework to graphic designers for choosing just the right style. The bold and condensed weights were reworked for improved legibility and on-screen application. The stroke weights were revised for consistency within each face as well as in relationship to the other weights. By following Frutiger's original designs, the humanist character of the sans serif Univers now comes through more distinctly. The systemized numbering system has also been updated. With its sturdy, clean forms Univers can facilitate an expression of cool elegance and rational competence. In fact, the strong familial relationships between all the styles and weights make it a serviceable choice for large graphic design projects that require versatility with consistency. Frutiger was successful in staying true to his initial aims; the new Linotype Univers does indeed work in longer texts as well as for display settings.
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