It seems that Meta isn’t the only font in town with a Serif mate. Linotype has release Frutiger Serif, a new typeface from Adrian Frutiger and Akira Kobayashi.

The idea for Frutiger Serif began as an updated and expanded version of Frutiger’s classic serif typeface Meridien, which was originally released in 1957 for the French foundry Deberny and Peignot.

The Frutiger Serif family includes five weights, Light to Heavy. Each weight also has two widths, Regular and Condensed. This brings the number of fonts in the family up to 10. Yet that’s not all! Every one of these fonts has an Italic companion, bringing the total number of fonts in the family up to 20. This means that Frutiger Serif includes Condensed Italics, which is quite an improvement. Neither the Frutiger nor the Frutiger Next families include these to date.

Great work over at Linotype, keep it up!

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