Detail View: RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION: Univers Typeface Drawings

Filename: 
cc20171220_Frutiger
Identifier: 
cc20171220_Frutiger
Title: 
Univers Typeface Drawings
Creator: 
Frutiger, Adrian (1928-2015)
Subject: 
Type and type-founding
Subject: 
Graphic design (Typography)
Subject: 
Sans-serif type
Summary: 
This archive documents three original drawings for the typeface Univers that were transmitted to the Cary Graphic Arts Collection in 1989 when the typeface designer, Adrian Frutiger, was honored with the RIT Goudy Award for Typographic Excellence. The drawings were dated 1954, but the typeface was not released by its typefoundry, Deberny et Peignot, until 1957.
Digital Publisher: 
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor: 
Pankow, David
Contributor: 
Fonderies Deberny & Peignot
Date of Original: 
1954
Date of Digitization: 
2017
Broad Type: 
still image
Specific Type: 
pen and ink drawings
Specific Type: 
correspondence
Digital File Format: 
jpeg
Physical Format: 
drawings
Dimensions of Original: 
21.6 x 27.9 cm
Language: 
English
Language: 
French
Original Item Location: 
CSC0126
Library Collection: 
Univers Typeface Drawings
Digital Project: 
2019_0031_frutiger
Catalog Record: 
https://archivesspace.rit.edu/repositories/3/resources/1096
Place: 
France - Arcueil
Place: 
New York - Rochester
Rights: 
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.