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Article #397Re: Modern yet conservative font
From: Ram�n_G_Casta�eda
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:38
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:38
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Incidentally, you must be looking at a cheap knockoff or pirated Univers if you have come across a Univers Condensed. That terminology is not used in the real typeface.
Its designer used numbers instead.
From the blurb at <http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/univers/> :
With the release of Univers, Frutiger began using numbers rather than
names to designate variations of weight, width, and slope. The full Univers
family consists of twenty-one typefaces, and Frutiger has used this numerical
system on other designs, including Serifa and Frutiger. Linotype also
has adopted this numerical system for many other faces.
All twenty-one Univers faces were designed to work together, so they can
be mixed in a variety of ways. Their legibility lends itself to a large
variety of applications, from text and headlines to packaging and signage.
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