Adrian Frutiger is best known as a type-designer. He has produced some of the most well known and widely used typefaces such as Univers and Frutiger. Born in Switzeerland in 1928, Frutiger worked as a printers apprentice at the age of 16 then soon after went to Zurich to study under professor Walter Kach at The Zurich school of Arts and Crafts. He moved to Paris and began work at the Deberny & Peignot typefoundry, helping move classic typefaces used with traditional printing methods to newer phototypesetting technology. He also began designing his own typefaces during this time. Univers was designed and released in 1956-1957. It is a sans serif that features optically even stroke weights and a large x-height for legibility. It is known for the variety of weights and set-widths included in the family. When it was designed it inclueded 21 variations and it was the first type family to implement a numbering system instead of using names. With over 27 differnt variations today, Univers is a very diverse typeface that can work well at large displays and small displays.
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