Avenir

We have collected all the most important information about the Avenir Medium font.
Below is a table about the font file version, license, copyright, designer and vendor name.
The information is taken from the "TTF" font file.

Full name

Avenir Medium

Font family

Avenir Medium

Preferred subfamily

Medium

Font subfamily

Regular

Version

8.0d3e1

Trademark

Avenir is a trademark of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, exclusively licensed through Linotype GmbH, and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

Manufacturer

Linotype GmbH

Designer

Adrian Frutiger

Designer URL

http://www.linotype.com/fontdesigners

Vendor URL

http://www.linotype.com

Copyright

Copyright© 2007 Linotype GmbH, www.linotype.com. All rights reserved.

Description

Adrian Frutiger designed Avenir in 1988, after years of having an interest in sans serif typefaces. In an interview with Linotype, he said he felt an obligation to design a linear sans in the tradition of Erbar and Futura, but to also make use of the experience and stylistic developments of the twentieth century. 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. In 2004 Adrian Frutiger and the type director of Linotype GmbH Akira Kobayashi reworked the Avenir and created the Avenir Next for the Platinum Collection.