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Avenir is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1988 and released by Linotype GmbH, now a subsidiary of Monotype Corporation.
The word avenir is French for "future". The font takes inspiration from the early geometric sans-serif typefaces Erbar (1922), designed by Jakob Erbar, and Futura (1927), designed by Paul Renner. Frutiger intended Avenir to be a more organic, humanist interpretation of these highly geometric types. While similarities can be seen with Futura, the two-storey lowercase a is more like Erbar, and also recalls Frutiger’s earlier namesake typeface, Frutiger.
Frutiger considers Avenir his finest work. 'The quality of the draughtsmanship – rather than the intellectual idea behind it – is my masterpiece. (...) It was the hardest typeface I have worked on in my life. Working on it, I always had human nature in mind. And what's crucial is that I developed the typeface alone, in peace and quiet – no drafting assistants, no-one was there. My personality is stamped upon it. I'm proud that I was able to create Avenir.'
Avenir may refer to:
- Avenir (typeface), a typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger
- Avenir (given name), Russian male first name
- Avenir (song), a song by Louane Emera
- Avenir, former name of StoryMill, a novel-writing application
- Avenir, a brand of bicycle accessories, reportedly owned by Raleigh Bicycle Company
- Avenir: Mirai, Kaori Iida's third studio album
- Nissan Avenir, an automobile
- Buick Avenir, a concept car
- Avenir, a fictional company in the game Hyperdimension Neptunia
Avenir is a Russian Christian male first name. Its feminine version is Avenira. The name is derived from the Biblical Hebrew word abnēr, meaning father (god) is light. Its colloquial variant is Venir .
The diminutives of "Avenir" are Avenirka , Ava , Venya , Vena , Vira , and Vera .
The patronymics derived from "Avenir" are "" (Avenirovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "" (Avenirych), and "" (Avenirovna; feminine).
"Avenir" is the second single by French singer and actress Louane from her debut studio album Chambre 12. The song was released as digital EP and digital download on December 1, 2014 and January 5, 2015 respectively. On October 30, 2015, a CD single was issued in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
It is Louane's most successful single to date, topping the charts in her native France. It was the first time that a reality show contestant landed a number-one single in France since Sheryfa Luna's " Il avait les mots" in 2008. It also reached number one in Luxembourg, and the top 10 in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Slovakia.