Adrian Johann Frutiger 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. Until his death, he lived in Bremgarten bei Bern.
Frutiger in 2002
Univers Bold Condensed on a London street sign
Frutiger in use by the Dutch rail system
Avenir used by the election campaign of French president François Hollande.
Phototypesetting is a method of setting type which uses photography to make columns of type on a scroll of photographic paper.
It has been made obsolete by the popularity of the personal computer and desktop publishing which gave rise to digital typesetting.
An Intertype Fotosetter, one of the most popular "first-generation" mass-market phototypesetting machines. The system is heavily based on hot metal typesetting technology, with the metal casting machinery replaced with photographic film, a light system and glass pictures of characters.
100 photosetting units tps 6300 and tpu 6308
Linotype CRTronic 360
A Berthold Diatronic master plate, showing Futura