Adrian Frutiger – Typefaces: Complete Works

Adrian Frutiger – Typefaces: Complete Works

Heidrun Osterer • de Gruyter, Walter

ISBN-10: 1630946109 · ISBN-13: 978‑3035623628 · 2021

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The Nile on eBay Adrian Frutiger Typefaces by Heidrun Osterer, Philipp Stamm 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 Hitherto unpublished types that were never realized and more than one hundred logos complete the picture. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Table of Contents Introduction, School days and education, Fonts: Président, Phoebus, Element-Grotesk, Delta, Federduktus, Ondine, Méridien.- Lumitype-Schriften, Univers, Egyptienne F, Opéra, Apollo, OCR-B, Serifa, Concorde, New Devanagari, Iridium, Frutiger.- Glypha, Icone, Breughel, Versailles, LT Centennial, Avenir, Westside, Herculanum, LT Didot, Vectora, Shisheido, Pompeijana.- Rusticana, Neon, Frutiger Stones/Symbols, Capitalis/Symbolica, Nami/Tectum etc. Technical Inversions: Handsatz Blei.- Fotosatz Photon, Einzelbuchstabenguss, Zeilenguss Sofratype, Tech. OCR, Schreibsatz IBM, Letraset, Tech. CRT, Laser.- Fonts, Postscript, etc. Chronology, Bibliography. Long Description 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, M Details ISBN 3035623627 Author Philipp Stamm Short Title Adrian Frutiger - Typefaces Pages 468 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 3035623627 ISBN-13 9783035623628 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2021-04-06 Subtitle Complete Works Publisher Birkhauser Imprint Birkhauser Place of Publication Basel Country of Publication Switzerland Edition 3rd Illustrations 430 Illustrations, color; 620 Illustrations, black and white Edited by Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich UK Release Date 2021-04-06 Edition Description 3nd ed. Alternative 9783035623635 DEWEY 686.224092 Audience Professional & Vocational Replaces 9783038215264 Country of Origin DE Product Class Description Architecture We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.

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