Fusion
One family, two Swiss giants
Fusion is a neo-grotesque type family designed by Matthieu Salvaggio and Tim Vanhille, released in 2023 under Blaze Type. It synthesises references from Helvetica (Max Miedinger) and Univers (Adrian Frutiger), the two dominant Swiss grotesques of the mid-twentieth century, into a single coherent system. The family ships as a variable font file alongside static TTF, WOFF, and WOFF2 exports, covering Latin European languages.
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- The design explicitly mediates between Helvetica and Univers rather than deriving from one primary source.
- Weight variation is used to modulate contrast and counterform size, targeting legibility at small body-text sizes.
- Ships with a variable font file in addition to static exports, enabling continuous adjustment within a single file.
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