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NIR

Type Specimen Book

AVENIR
is a typeface designed by swiss font
artist Adrian Frutiger in
and released by Linotype GmbH, now
a subsidiary of Monotype Corporation.

1988

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AVENIR

is inspired by the fo

Frutiger

geometr

with a human touch, unlike the

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ont FUTURA
described Avenir as a

ic sans serif
cold mechanical

Futura.
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vs.

AVENIR
FUTURA

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Avenir has

different weights

Light

Medium

Light Oblique

Medium Oblique

Book

Black

Roman

Black Oblique

Roman Oblique Heavy

Oblique

Heavy Oblique
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