![]() The original Avenir family is made up of designs with gradual weight changes in order to satisfy the needs of specific text applications. Together with Akira Kobayashi, Frutiger completely reworked the Avenir family in 2004. The typeface family was later expanded to six weights, each with a roman and oblique version. In 2004 Adrian Frutiger and the type director of Linotype GmbH Akira Kobayashi reworked the Avenir and created the Avenir Next for the Platinum Collection.Īvenir was originally released in 1988 with three weights, each with a roman and oblique version, all using Frutiger’s two-digit weight and width convention for names. These nuances aid in legibility and give Avenir a harmonious and sensible appearance for both texts and headlines. But unlike Futura, Avenir is not purely geometric it has vertical strokes that are thicker than the horizontals, an """"o"""" that is not a perfect circle, and shortened ascenders. The word Avenir means 'future' in French and hints that the typeface owes some of its interpretation to Futura. ![]() In an interview with Linotype, he said he felt an obligation to design a linear sans in the tradition of Erbar and Futura, but to also make use of the experience and stylistic developments of the twentieth century. ![]() Adrian Frutiger designed Avenir? in 1988, after years of having an interest in sans serif typefaces. ![]()
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