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1. Introduction
New: All weights are now available separately in Central European font format as well.
Frutiger™Next, along with Avenir™ Next, Compatil™, Optima™ nova, Linotype Univers™, Sabon™ Next, Linotype Syntax™, Linotype Syntax™ Letter and Linotype Syntax™ Serif belongs to the typefaces of the Linotype Platinum Collection.
These fonts were carefully digitized and have the high quality demanded by professional typography. All fonts of the Platinum Collection were produced according to the Linotype [...]
2. History
First encounter at the airport
When the Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport was being planned in Paris in the early 1970s, it was clear that the signage needed to be set in a clear and legible typeface.
The development of the navigational system was left to Adrian Frutiger and the result was so effective that the demand for the typeface rose, for general printing as well as navigational systems. The typeface entered the Linotype Library in 1977 under the name Frutiger™. It set a new standard not [...]
3. Quality
A Model of Legibility
Legibility with a concise character: this is only the beginning of the fascination of the Frutiger™ typeface. The typeface is based on old face forms and proportions, but is not constructed, rather, places emphasis on form.
That means that even though the curves of single characters are related to one another, they were designed individually, creating a typeface which is both attractive and dynamic. Emphasized ascenders and descenders increase legibility and smaller [...]
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