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Re: font names; Helvetica/Geneva/Swiss

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From: Uul Haanstra
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1988 10:02
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in article <527@iraun1.ira.uka.de>, kleine@iraul1.ira.uka.de (Karl Kleine) says:
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> another well known sens serif design is that age by a Swiss designer is
> Univers by Adrian Frutiger. many, including me, rate it superior to
> Helvetica, but Univers is not much known in North America. Univers is not
> a single font, but family in various weights and shapes according to an
> underlying construction scheme; Univers 55 may be the best known one.
> look at it, if don't know it yet.
> 
Apple, Adobe, are you listening?  Give us Univers!  Much better than Helvetica.
And while you're at it, give us not just one but a few varieties, like
condensed, extended, and light.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!bsiao!uh
From: uh@bsiao.UUCP (Uul Haanstra)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: font names; Helvetica/Geneva/Swiss
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Date: 25 Apr 88 10:02:42 GMT
References: <527@iraun1.ira.uka.de>
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