  frutiger (pronounced with a hard g) is a series of typefaces named after its designer, adrian frutiger. initially available as a sans serif, it was later expanded to include ornamental and serif typefaces. ==distinctive characteristics== characteristics of this typeface are: lowercase: square dot over the letter i; double-storey a. uppercase: the tail of the capital q is centered under the figure; the uppercase j has a slight hook; and there are two versions of the uppercase r, one with a straight tail and one with a curved tail. figures: monospaced numbers; diagonal serif on the 1; closed 4. ==history==  frutiger is a sans-serif typeface by the swiss type designer adrian frutiger. it is the text version of frutiger's earlier typeface roissy, commissioned in 1970/71adrian frutiger, typefaces. the complete works, (basel: birkhÃ¤user verlag, 2008), p224. by the newly built charles de gaulle international airport at roissy, france, which needed a new directional sign system. instead of using one of his previously designed typefaces like univers, frutiger chose to design a new one. the roissy typeface was completed in 1972.adrian frutiger, typefaces. the complete works, (basel: birkhÃ¤user verlag, 2008), p250. impressed by the quality of the roissy airport signage, the typographical director of the mergenthaler linotype company approached frutiger in 1974 to turn it into a typeface for print.adrian frutiger, typefaces. the complete works, (basel: birkhÃ¤user verlag, 2008), p250. in designing the typeface's predecessor roissy, frutiger's goal had been to create a sans-serif typeface with the rationality and cleanliness of univers but the organic and proportional aspects of gill sans. frutiger: "what was important, was total clarity â i would even call it nudity â an absence of any kind of artistic addition.".adrian frutiger, typefaces. the complete works, (basel: birkhÃ¤user verlag, 2008), p224. designing frutiger as a print version of roissy, this principle resulted in a distinctive and legible typeface. the letter properties originally suited to the needs of charles de gaulle: a modern appearance and legibility at various angles, sizes, and distances. ascenders and descenders are very prominent, and apertures are wide to easily distinguish letters from one another. the frutiger family was released publicly in 1976 by the stempel type foundry in conjunction with linotype. fr
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