Type Gallery – Univers
The typeface 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.
Univers font was created almost simultaneously with other successful alphabets: Helvetica (1957) and Optima (1958). Whereas Helvetica, for example, had a general clarity and a modern, timeless a neutral effect without any conspicuous attributes (lending to its great success), Univers expressed a factual and cool elegance, a rational competence.
The Univers font family was completely redesigned as a joint project between Adrian Frutiger and Linotype. The result: Linotype Univers – available with 59 weights!
Fonts with Old Face proportions, like Janson Text, Meridien, Sabon, Wilke.
Fonts with Modern Face proportions, like Linotype Centennial, Walbaum.
Slab serif fonts like Egyptienne F, Serifa.
Script and brush fonts like Brush Script, Mistral, Ruling Script.
Black letters like Duc de Berry, Grace, San Marco.
Fun fonts like F2F OCRAlexczyk, Linotype Red Babe, Linotype Seven.
Download a printable sample of Univers as a PDF.