More than 30 years later, Akira Kobayashi, head of typography at Linotype GmbH, began collaborating with the typeface’s designer, Adrian Frutiger, to build upon the family and refine aspects such as character spacing and legibility. The Futura design, released in 1928 by typeface designer Paul Renner, is based loosely on three shapes – the circle, triangle and square. The Germany-based Bauer Type Foundry assisted in turning the geometric forms into a type family, which Renner improved over time to enhance legibility.
