What is the Univers® Cyrillic font?
Univers was designed by Adrian Frutiger on Swiss principles for Charles Peignot at Deberny & Peignot.
Frutiger imposed strict discipline across all elements of the series, from light to dark, extra condensed to extended, a concordance of design that was possible in the foundry type and photocomposition fonts. Any version may be mixed within a word with any other. It may be argued that the design of the most popular central series is limited by strict conformity to little used extremes. If Helvetica gives us the strongest central designs at some sacrifice in uniformity across the series, Univers gives us a uniform series by disciplining the central designs. More…
Alteration of character widths required by the Monotype caster separates Monotype Univers from the original; the Linotype photocomposition version, designed by Frutiger, has a more even color across the series, achieved by relaxing the original rigid formula for stroke width.
IBM Selectric Univers, designed by Frutiger, is less successful, since it had to be placed on widths tuned for Times Roman.
Univers® Cyrillic Font families
The Univers® Cyrillic includes the following font families:
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 39 UltraCondensed Thin
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 49 UltraCondensed Light
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 59 UltraCondensed Roman
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 45 Light
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 45 Light Oblique
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 55 Roman
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 55 Oblique
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 65 Bold
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 65 Bold Oblique
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 75 Black
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 75 Black Oblique
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 85 ExtraBlack
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 85 ExtraBlack Oblique
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 47 Condensed Light
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 47 Condensed Light Oblique
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 57 Condensed Roman
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 57 Condensed Oblique
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 67 Condensed Bold
- Univers Pro Cyrillic 67 Condensed Bold Oblique
- Univers Cyrillic 45 Light
- Univers Cyrillic 45 Light Oblique
- Univers Cyrillic 55 Roman
- Univers Cyrillic 55 Oblique
- Univers Cyrillic 65 Bold
- Univers Cyrillic 65 Bold Oblique
- Univers Cyrillic 75 Black
- Univers Cyrillic 76 Black Oblique
Univers® Cyrillic Preview
Here is a preview of how Univers® Cyrillic will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
