Méridien (typeface)

Méridien is a serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger and released by Deberny & Peignot in 1957 for its phototypesetting system.^[1]

Sample image of Méridien

Intended as a typeface suitable for text use, Méridien takes inspiration from 'Latin' or wedge-serif typefaces, with their sharp, exaggerated serifs, but in a more restrained style intended to be suitable for body text, with a wide spacing.^[2][3] It is one of several typefaces designed by Frutiger in this genre; his Apollo for Monotype is quite similar.^[4]

Méridien was later published by Linotype, who released a digitisation in collaboration with Adobe.^[5] An updated digitisation was released under the name of "Frutiger Serif" with additional weights and condensed styles.^[6][7][8]

References

1. Abendroth, Uta (1999). World Design: The Best in Classic and Contemporary Furniture, Fashion, Graphics and More. San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle. p. 127. ISBN 9780811826242.
2. Frutiger, Adrian (8 May 2014). Typefaces - the complete works. Walter de Gruyter. p. 60-75. ISBN 9783038212607.
3. Perfect, Christopher (1992). The Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type (Reprinted ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. pp. 88–89. ISBN 9780130456670.
4. "Apollo MT". MyFonts. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
5. "Adobe Meridien". MyFonts. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
6. "Adrian Frutiger's newest typeface: Frutiger Serif". Linotype. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
7. Neil Macmillan (2006). An A-Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press. p. 86. ISBN 0-300-11151-7.
8. "Frutiger Serif". Linotype. Retrieved 12 September 2015.