Adrian Frutiger - Typefaces | Complete Works

Heidrun Osterer (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3035623627 / ISBN 13: 9783035623628

Published by Birkhäuser Berlin, 2021

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Adrian Frutiger - Typefaces | Complete Works | Heidrun Osterer (u. a.) | Buch | 468 S. | Englisch | 2021 | Birkhäuser Berlin | EAN 9783035623628 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, productsafety[at]degruyterbrill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adrian Frutiger - Typefaces | Complete Works
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3035623627
• ISBN 13: 9783035623628
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 53W x 250H x 314D millimeters 53 millimeters width by 250 millimeters height by 314 millimeters depth
• Weight: 2780 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The Swiss type designer Adrian Frutiger decisively influenced the international creation of typefaces after 1950. His Univers typeface and the machine-readable font OCR-B are milestones, as is his type for the Paris airports, which evolved into the Frutiger typeface. All set new standards for signage types. In all, he created some fifty types, including Ondine, Méridien, Avenir, and Vectora.

Based on conversations with Frutiger himself and on extensive research, this publication provides a highly detailed and accurate account of the type designer’s artistic development. All of his types – from the design phase to the marketing stage – are illustrated and analyzed with reference to the technology and related types.

Hitherto unpublished types that were never realized and more than one hundred logos complete the picture.

About the Authors

Heidrun Osterer and Philipp Stamm, teachers for typography.

Heidrun Osterer, visuelle Gestalterin, feinherb Visuelle Gestaltung

Prof. Philipp Stamm, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel