Adrian Frutiger

Adrian Frutiger – Typeface designer
Adrian Frutiger – Schriftengestalter

Switzerland / Germany, September 1998
FILM, Documentary, 54 min.

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directed by
Anne Cuneo
Written by
Anne Cuneo, Thomas Kubiak
Status
In distribution

In his own special field as a designer of typefaces, Adrian Frutiger has left his mark on the second half of the 20th century. His professional peers speak of Frutiger as a living legend. To the general public however he remains unknown, even though every day they may come face to face with his work in one form or another, as lettering for texts, logos and corporate images for the post office, museums and institutions of all kinds, airports and metropolitan railways. Frutiger has never sought fame, only to design typefaces that are efficient and easy on the eye. In designing typefaces he does not attempt to be trendy. Letters are a tool, a vehicle for the transportation of thought.

credits

World Premiere
September 1998
Original Version
Swiss-German,  colour, Digi Beta, 54 min.
Production
FAMA FILM AG, Eva-Film AG, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, 3sat, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
directed by
Anne Cuneo
Written by
Anne Cuneo, Thomas Kubiak
Cinemato­graphy
Thomas Kubiak
Editing
Rainer M. Trinkler
Music
Louis Crelier
Location Sound Mix
Laurent Barbey

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World Rights
FAMA FILM AG

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Fama Film Distribution Distribution

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