Univers
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Univers is a sans-serif typeface family designed by Adrian Frutiger and released by his employer Deberny & Peignot in 1957. Classified as a neo-grotesque sans-serif, one based on the model of nineteen
Rémy Peignot's Univers graphic emphasised the family's scope through referencing the periodic table.
Keycaps featuring Univers from a pre-2003 PowerBook G4
Audi Sans, a variation of Univers used in the dashboard graphics of an Audi A3 instrument panel
A specimen sheet of Univers Flair.
Helvetica
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Helvetica, also known by its original name Neue Haas Grotesk, is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann.
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…sans-serif typefaces, all released for phototypesetting in 1957, and as foundry type in 1958, that includes Folio and Neue Haas Grotesk (later renamed Helvetica). As all are based on Akzidenz-Grotesk, these three faces are sometimes confused with each other. These typefaces figure prominently in the Swiss Style…
A 1969 poster by Robert Geisser exemplifying the "Swiss" style of the 1950s and 60s: solid red colour, simple images, and neo-grotesque sans-serif type, all in lowercase. This design appears to use Helvetica or a close imitation.
An early Helvetica specimen in the asymmetric Swiss modernist style, showing tight spacing in the poster style of the period
A hand-cut rubylith master used in the 1983 phototypesetting release of Neue Helvetica
A Helvetica Flair specimen sheet