Prison Break S05e01 Download Free. Univers Date released 1957 Variations Univers ( French pronunciation: ​ ) is the name of a large family designed by and released by his employer in 1957. Classified as a sans-serif, one based on the model of nineteenth-century German typefaces such as, it was notable for its availability from the moment of its launch in a comprehensive range of weights and widths. The original marketing for Univers deliberately referenced the to emphasise its scope. Univers was one of the first typeface families to fulfil the idea that a typeface should form a family of consistent, related designs. Past sans-serif designs such as had much greater differences between weights, while loose families such as American Type Founders' family often were advertised under different names for each style, to emphasise that they were not completely matching.

By creating a matched range of styles and weights, Univers allowed documents to be created in one consistent typeface for all text, making it easier to artistically set documents in sans-serif type. This matched the desire among practitioners of the ' for neutral sans-serif typefaces avoiding artistic excesses. The design concept of Univers was intended to take advantage of the new technology of, in which fonts were stored as glass discs rather than as solid metal type and matrices for every size to be used. Deberny & Peignot had established itself as a leader in this technology, although as by the time of its launch metal type was still very popular the design was also released in this form. Univers was rapidly licensed and re-released by, Linotype,, and others for phototypesetting, for metal type and reproduction by typewriter. Historian has described it as 'probably the last major' release of a large family as. Univers' is a distinctive 'et' ligature of a style popular in French-speaking countries.

Frutiger's original ampersand was a true 'et' ligature, similar to that in among others. Frutiger later provided an alternative for non French-speaking countries in which the form might be less familiar. The Deberny & Peignot library was acquired in 1972. It was transferred into the D. Stempel AG and Linotype collection in 1985 and 1989 respectively upon the Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei's acquisition and closure; it is now owned by following its purchase of in 2007. An independent version of Univers was licensed by the for its phototypesetting system with adaptations by; Frutiger wrote in his autobiography that he had some affection for it. Comparison with Akzidenz-Grotesk, Folio, and Helvetica [ ].