Font of the Week — Univers

Univers was created by Adrian Frutiger in 1954 as a neo-grotesque sans-serif. Does Univers look familiar? It was part of a move to break away from super popular geometric font trends. Univers, Helvetica, and Folio all share similar nuances as a result of this breakaway. Each of these fonts borrows from the 1898 type face Akzidenz-Grotesk, which is a big reason the three are often mistaken for one another.

Our Font of the Week images are created by Emily Clark, an Expert Production Artist at CustomInk and a self-declared font addict. Font of the Week fuels Emily’s passion to research and learn more about beloved typefaces like Univers. What font should Emily feature next? Sound off in the comments below!