Adrian Frutiger designed Avenir™ in 1988, after years of having an interest in sans serif typefaces. Avenir means ‘future’ in French and hints that the typeface owes some of its interpretation to Futura. But unlike Futura, Avenir is not purely geometric; it has vertical strokes that are thicker than the horizontals, an “o” that is […]
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FF Marselis crossbreeds geometric and humanistic forms, creating a freshly dynamic sans serif family. The family includes four weights – Light, Regular, Bold and Black. Each weight has a companion italic. FF Marselis In-Use: Brussels Airport FF Marselis is the selected corporate typeface for Brussels Airport. Its warm, soft and curvy features are a radical departure from […]
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Helvetica is one of the most famous and popular typefaces in the world. It lends an air of lucid efficiency to any typographic message with its clean, no-nonsense shapes. The original typeface was called Neue Haas Grotesk, and was designed in 1957 by Max Miedinger for the Haas’sche Schriftgiesserei (Haas Type Foundry) in Switzerland. In […]
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