Avenir font

Adrian Frutiger designed Avenir in 1988, which was the year that he showed interest in a sans serif type face. His design was quite traditional as he told Linotype in an interview that he felt the need to design a linear sans like Erbar and Futura but at the same time participate in the styles […]

avenir font guide by Danielle Roth

The first typeface in our series. It's Avenir, a wonderful geometric sans face…

In drawing the Avenir® typeface, Adrian Frutiger looked to both the past and the future for inspiration. His goal was to reinterpret the geometric sans serif...

For one week, our communication design fundamentals class focused on the importance of type and hierarchy, and, ultimately, created a poster about a randomly given typeface. The typeface I was given…

The word Avenir means “future” in French and hints that the typeface owes some of its interpretation to Futura. But unlike Futura , Avenir is not purely geometric; it has vertical strokes that are thicker than the horizontals, an “o” that is not a perfect circle, and shortened ascenders. These nuances aid in legibility and give Avenir a harmonious and sensible appearance for both texts and headlines.

Avenir Next font (1988) is a revised edition of Avenir font. For most of the font, the differences are very small. you can download this font free

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