Adrian Frutiger was born in Unterseen near Interlaken, Switzerland in 1928.From 1948 to 1951, Frutiger went to study sculpture, graphic design, and illustration at the Zurick Kunstgewerbeschule. A year later, he began to work for Deberny and Peignot type foundry in Paris. In 1957, Frutiger created Univers, which was supposed to be as reticent and neutral as possible, so that it would be universal in application. Currently, it is one of the most widely used standard typefaces. He also created Frutiger, which was commissioned by Charles De Gaulle International Airport. Motorway signs are in Frutiger in France and Switzerland. Throughout his career, he developed more than one hundred and seventy typefaces. Many of his typefaces are used daily and shape reading habits. Most of them have become standard fonts that are used on a daily basis. He lived most of his life in Paris, where he worked as a typographer and taught illustration and typography at École Estienne and the École Nationale Superieure des Arts Décoratifs. In 1986 he received the Gutenberg Prize of the City of Mainz and a year later he received the Medal of the Type Directors Club of New York. Frutiger has received many awards throughout his career. As well, he is known as one of the greatest typographers and typeface designers of the 20th century.
What makes Univers so unique is that the Univers family consists of 44 faces, with 16 uniquely numbered weight, width, position combinations and also 20 fonts have oblique positions. As well, it was created by Frutiger with clarity, which makes it easily readable. Frutiger also created a unique numbering system to help identify the variety typefaces within Univers and to eliminate the confusion. 
The Univers grid organizes and shows the many width, weight, and position combinations within the univers family.
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