What is the Frutiger Cyrillic® font?

In 1968, Adrian Frutiger was commissioned to develop a sign and directional system for the new Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Though everyone thought he would want to use his successful Univers font family, Frutiger decided instead to make a new sans serif typeface that would be suitable for the specific legibility requirements of airport signage: easy recognition from the distances and angles of driving and walking. The resulting font was in accord with the modern architecture of the airport. In 1976, he expanded and completed the family for D. Stempel AG in conjunction with Linotype, and it was named Frutiger. More… The Frutiger family is neither strictly geometric nor humanistic in construction; its forms are designed so that each individual character is quickly and easily recognized. Such distinctness makes it good for signage and display work. Although it was originally intended for the large scale of an airport, the full family has a warmth and subtlety that have, in recent years, made it popular for the smaller scale of body text in magazines and booklets.

Frutiger Cyrillic® Font families

The Frutiger Cyrillic® includes the following font families:

• Frutiger Cyrillic 45 Light
• Frutiger Cyrillic 46 Light Italic
• Frutiger Cyrillic 47 Light Condensed
• Frutiger Cyrillic 55 Roman
• Frutiger Cyrillic 56 Italic
• Frutiger Cyrillic 57 Condensed
• Frutiger Cyrillic 65 Bold
• Frutiger Cyrillic 66 Bold Italic
• Frutiger Cyrillic 67 Bold Condensed
• Frutiger Cyrillic 75 Black
• Frutiger Cyrillic 76 Black Italic
• Frutiger Cyrillic 77 Black Condensed
• Frutiger Cyrillic 87 ExtraBlack Condensed
• Frutiger Cyrillic 95 UltraBlack

Frutiger Cyrillic® Preview

Here is a preview of how Frutiger Cyrillic® will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.