a second one with the original 16 °. The naming of the 12 ° oblique weights is good, even though they are actually given incorrect odd numbers, and so is the added oblique /48/. The first PostScript version of Univers by Adobe from 1987 is full of mistakes.40 Hans-Jürg Hunziker intervened at Adobe, and in 1994 a slight reworking was finally undertaken. The result was more or less the same as the current Univers by Adobe / Linotype /48/. In 1993 Linotype agreed to Adrian Frutiger’s proposal to undertake a TrueType GX character extension for Univers, similar to Helvetica GX with 596 characters instead of the usual 256 for PostScript.41 The extension is done in part by using existing characters for photosetting such as the special I and a for use in schoolbooks /51/, small caps /52/ and the different varieties of ampersand, and also by using new characters. Extended characters include old-style figures (like small caps still in demand), more f ligatures 42, the most frequently used accents in European languages, as well as swashes and mathematical symbols. Whether Adrian Frutiger had Univers Flair /50/ in mind 43 for the swashes is unclear from the letter. The typeface Geschriebene Initialen zur Grotesk (Written Initials for Grotesque) (see page 400) is enclosed as an alternative, combined with Kabel by Rudolf Koch.
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Univers Flair by American Phil Martin (Alphabet Innovations) for the VGC Photo-Typositor photosetting machine, 1970s.
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Linotype final artwork for the 12 pt design size of schoolbook and phonetic characters in Univers 55.
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Small caps for Univers 55 are available from Monotype and Linotype; the latter also has alternative shapes for 4, 6 and 9.
Linotype final artwork of letters from the international phonetic alphabet corresponding to Univers 55.
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