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Méridien (typeface)

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Méridien is a serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger and released by Deberny & Peignot in 1957 for its phototypesetting system.[1]

Intended as a typeface suitable for text use, Méridien takes inspiration from 'Latin' or wedge-serif typefaces, with their sharp, exaggerated serifs, but in a more restrained style intended to be suitable for body text, with a wide spacing.[2][3] It is one of several typefaces designed by Frutiger in this genre; his Apollo for Monotype is quite similar.[4]

Méridien was later published by Linotype, who released a digitisation in collaboration with Adobe.[5] An updated digitisation was released under the name of "Frutiger Serif" with additional weights and condensed styles.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Abendroth, Uta (1999). World Design: The Best in Classic and Contemporary Furniture, Fashion, Graphics and More. San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle. p. 127. ISBN 9780811826242.
  2. ^ Frutiger, Adrian (8 May 2014). Typefaces - the complete works. Walter de Gruyter. p. 60-75. ISBN 9783038212607.
  3. ^ Perfect, Christopher (1992). The Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type (Reprinted ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. pp. 88–89. ISBN 9780130456670.
  4. ^ "Apollo MT". MyFonts. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Adobe Meridien". MyFonts. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Adrian Frutiger's newest typeface: Frutiger Serif". Linotype. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  7. ^ Neil Macmillan (2006). An A-Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press. p. 86. ISBN 0-300-11151-7.
  8. ^ "Frutiger Serif". Linotype. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
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