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===Linotype Univers=== In 1997 Frutiger reworked the whole Univers family in cooperation with [[Mergenthaler Linotype Company|Linotype]], thus creating the Linotype Univers, which consists of 63 fonts. By reworking the Univers more "extreme" weights as ''Ultra Light'' or ''Extended Heavy'' were added as well as some monospaced typefaces. The numbering system was extended to three digits to reflect the larger number of variations in the family. In addition to extra font width and weight combinations, the fonts are digitally interpolated, so that character widths scale uniformly with changing font weights. For fonts within a specific font weight, caps height, x-height, ascender and descender heights are the same. For oblique fonts, the slope is increased from 12° to the 16° of Frutiger's original drawings, and the character widths were adjusted optically. In addition, characters such as &, ®, euro sign, are redesigned, the ampersand to Frutiger's preferred true et ligature.<ref name="Flawed Typefaces">{{cite web|last1=Shaw|first1=Paul|title=Flawed Typefaces|url=http://www.printmag.com/featured/flawed-typefaces/|website=Print magazine|date=12 May 2011 |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref>
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