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Adrian Frutiger

1928 - 2015

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Adrian Johann Frutiger (Swiss Standard German: [ˈaːdriaːn ˈjoːhan ˈfruːtɪɡər]; 24 May 1928 – 10 September 2015) was a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design in the second half of the 20th century. His career spanned the hot metal, phototypesetting and digital typesetting eras. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrian Frutiger has received more than 445,759 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Adrian Frutiger is the 40th most popular designer (up from 43rd in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 203rd in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Designer.

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  • 450k

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  • 56.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Adrian Frutiger ranks 40 out of 104. Before him are Giambattista Bodoni, Josiah Wedgwood, Alexander McQueen, Beau Brummell, Jeanne Lanvin, and Mariano Fortuny. After him are Andokides painter, Jimmy Choo, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Betsy Ross, Otl Aicher, and Luigi Colani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Adrian Frutiger ranks 153. Before him are Veljko Bulajić, Ernest Simoni, Robert Brout, Nicolas Hayek, Joss Ackland, and Leyla Gencer. After him are Gerard Damiano, Enrique Bolaños, Ion Druță, Seki Matsunaga, Mihály Lantos, and Donald Judd. Among people deceased in 2015, Adrian Frutiger ranks 106. Before him are Eileen Essell, Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Franzl Lang, Jaakko Hintikka, Halldór Ásgrímsson, and André Brink. After him are Hyon Yong-chol, Guy Ligier, Chea Sim, John Guillermin, Kirk Kerkorian, and Robert Manzon.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Adrian Frutiger ranks 199 out of 1,015. Before him are Roberto Di Matteo (1970), Alain Tanner (1929), Leonardo Conti (1900), Julius Maggi (1846), Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (1945), and André Abegglen (1909). After him are Victor Goldschmidt (1888), Lucien Favre (1957), Alfred Escher (1819), Ivan Rakitić (1988), Guy Parmelin (1959), and Carlo Fontana (1638).

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Among DESIGNERS In Switzerland

Among designers born in Switzerland, Adrian Frutiger ranks 1. After him are Max Miedinger (1910).

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