Adrian is a famous typeface designer from the 20th century, who is responsible for creating the typeface Univers and Frutiger. Univers is a unique type in that it is a tight type family that had different weights of type and were classified by numbers describing this weight. This type has even strokes, large x-height which helps with legibility in both big and small sizes.
Universe Grid:
The Univers grid was introduced along with the typeface in 1957. It represents the different labels for the typeface instead of writing out bold, heavy, light, ect. The numbers refer to the character weight, number 2 represents the thinnest weight the weight increases as the number increases. Number 3 is the widest with 9 being the most condensed. Even numbers mean the typeface is italic and odd numbers mean it is roma.
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