📒 Univers Type Specimen
The Univers type specimen takes inspiration from corporate office furniture catalogs, particularly around the late 1950s to early 1970s when Univers took off. There is an interesting parallel of events and attitudes towards both subjects—the type specimen will highlight these in addition to supplying a sardonic tone that foreshadows the fall from grace. Both inventions of the typeface Univers and the Bürolandschaft (Open Office) movement were intended to be flexible and expandable systems developed as a response to the preceding trends which were viewed as restrictive and rigid.
Creative Direction
Forrest Huu Ta, Devin Dailey, Torres
Design
Forrest Huu Ta
Disciplines
Editorial
Print
Typography
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Overview
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Overview
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Front Cover
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Introduction
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Anatomy
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Size Differentiation
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Weights & Widths
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Weight Contrast, Obliques
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Variation
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Unique Characteristics
📒 Univers Type Specimen • In Use
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Accents & Diacritics, Character Set
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Back Cover
📒 Univers Type Specimen
The Univers type specimen takes inspiration from corporate office furniture catalogs, particularly around the late 1950s to early 1970s when Univers took off. There is an interesting parallel of events and attitudes towards both subjects—the type specimen will highlight these in addition to supplying a sardonic tone that foreshadows the fall from grace. Both inventions of the typeface Univers and the Bürolandschaft (Open Office) movement were intended to be flexible and expandable systems developed as a response to the preceding trends which were viewed as restrictive and rigid.
Creative Direction
Forrest Huu Ta, Devin Dailey, Torres
Design
Forrest Huu Ta
Disciplines
Editorial
Print
Typography
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Overview
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Overview
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Front Cover
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Introduction
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Anatomy
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Size Differentiation
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Weights & Widths
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Weight Contrast, Obliques
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Variation
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Unique Characteristics
📒 Univers Type Specimen • In Use
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Accents & Diacritics, Character Set
📒 Univers Type Specimen • Back Cover