The light and thin weights of the normal width were added in a later version, called Avenir Next W1G. This was comprised of the six different weights that had a roman and italic version each with two different widths of normal and condensed.
Total, the type family of Avenir Next had 24 fonts. It was brought to modern times in 2004 when Frutiger, along with type designer Akira Kobayashi, reworked the entire font to fix digital display problems they called it Avenir Next. Later on after it became more popular, three more weights were introduced, making it the six weight typeface we love today. In 1988, the original version of Avenir only had three weights. It is a sans-serif geometric typeface, inspired by classics of the style such as Futura (1927) and Erbar (1922). The typeface got its name from the word “future,” being that Avenir is the french translation. A treasure to us all.Īdrian Frutiger designed Avenir in 1988, released by a company that is now a branch of the Monotype Corporation, Linotype GmbH.
A truly versatile font with many different weights and a beautiful digital display. A typeface that is well known by designers, but hasn’t been misused by the public yet.
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