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Adrian Frutiger

1928 - 2015

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Adrian Johann Frutiger (Swiss Standard German: [ˈaːdriaːn ˈjoːhan ˈfruːtɪɡər]; 24 May 1928 – 10 September 2015) was a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design in the second half of the 20th century. His career spanned the hot metal, phototypesetting and digital typesetting eras. Until his death, he lived in Bremgarten bei Bern. Frutiger's most famous designs, Univers, Frutiger and Avenir, are landmark sans-serif families spanning the three main genres of sans-serif typefaces: neogrotesque, humanist and geometric. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adrian Frutiger is the 49th most popular designer (down from 40th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 200th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Designer.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Adrian Frutiger ranks 49 out of 104. Before him are Alexander McQueen, Margarete Steiff, Luigi Colani, Otl Aicher, Eiko Ishioka, and Betsy Ross. After him are John Baskerville, Domenico Dolce, Milton Glaser, Milena Canonero, Louis Majorelle, and Enzo Mari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Adrian Frutiger ranks 235. Before him are Abdellatif Filali, Alexis Korner, Arnfinn Bergmann, Lorna Wing, Dan Blocker, and Robert Indiana. After him are Anthony Franciosa, Tom Sharpe, Alejandro de Tomaso, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Horace Silver, and Orson Bean. Among people deceased in 2015, Adrian Frutiger ranks 165. Before him are Nicholas Liverpool, Giovanni Canestri, Wim Ruska, Nek Chand, Erik De Vlaeminck, and Percy Sledge. After him are Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Dragan Holcer, Ian Murdock, Giacomo Biffi, E. L. Doctorow, and Fred Anton Maier.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Adrian Frutiger ranks 312 out of 1,015. Before him are Domenico Trezzini (1670), Luigi Taveri (1929), Adolf Wölfli (1864), Felix Manz (1498), Rodolphe Lindt (1855), and Christoph Blocher (1940). After him are Henry, Duke of Parma (1873), Lisa Della Casa (1919), Gottfried von Einem (1918), Liselotte Pulver (1929), Pierre Tirard (1827), and Maurice Bavaud (1916).

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Among DESIGNERS In Switzerland

Among designers born in Switzerland, Adrian Frutiger ranks 1. After him are Max Miedinger (1910).

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