Adrian Frutiger is one of the prominent typeface designers of the 20th century, who continues to influence the direction of digital typography in the 21st century; he is best know for creating the typefaces Univers and Frutiger.
He was born in Unterseen, Canton of Bern. His early interest was in sculpture and was discouraged by his father and secondary teacher. At the age of sixteen, he was apprenticed four years, to the printer Otto Schaerffli in Interlaken; between 1949 and 1951 he studied under Walter Kach and Alfred Willimann in the Kunstgewerbeschule (school of applied arts) in Zurich.
Adrian's first, commercial typeface was President - a set titling captial letters with small, bracketed serifs, released in 1954. A calligraphic, informal, script face, Ondine ("wave" in French), also released in 1954. In 1955, Meridien, a glyphic, old-style, serif text face was released. In 2003, the Swiss watchmaker Ventura commissioned him to design a new watch face for a limited edition line of wristwatches.
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