Adrian Frutiger – Traces
Charles Peignot had the idea of setting up a typographic studio in association with his son Rémy. This gave me the opportunity to employ André Gürtler and Bruno Pfäffli of Deberny & Peignot. Charles Peignot had many business connections and there was no shortage of work for us.
However, the plan soon proved to be unrealistic. In such a large company, the hourly rate with all the extras made our design work much too expensive. Peignot also realized that I also wanted to do applied typographical work in addition to my work at the foundry. He gave me his consent to the establishment of a studio of my own. In the small courtyard of the Imprimerie Hofer in the Place d’Italie there was a shed, which we converted at weekends with the help of some hand-workers from Deberny & Peignot. The firm also sold us some metal type and a hand-press at bargain prices. This was the origin of our first studio, where we carried out independent work and typeface design.
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However, the plan soon proved to be unrealistic. In such a large company, the hourly rate with all the extras made our design work much too expensive. Peignot also realized that I also wanted to do applied typographical work in addition to my work at the foundry. He gave me his consent to the establishment of a studio of my own. In the small courtyard of the Imprimerie Hofer in the Place d’Italie there was a shed, which we converted at weekends with the help of some hand-workers from Deberny & Peignot. The firm also sold us some metal type and a hand-press at bargain prices. This was the origin of our first studio, where we carried out independent work and typeface design.
Search with the keyword for ‘Frutiger’ to find all fonts in the Linotype Library designed by Adrian Frutiger.
The most important fonts of Adrian Frutiger in the Linotype Library:
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