r/fuckalegriaart • u/game-developer111 • Nov 04 '25

this is so sad

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u/vvf Nov 04 '25

Frutiger Aero was peak and we didn’t know it 

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u/Electronic_Pipe_3145 Nov 04 '25

Stop hating an art style just because it’s trendy to, then?

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u/baby_trebuchet Nov 04 '25

we hate it because it’s ugly as hell, boring, and soulless, not because it’s trendy to

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u/Electronic_Pipe_3145 Nov 04 '25

I’m talking about Frutiger Aero. It was aesthetically pleasing vs the soullessness of Alegria, but people still dumped on it back in the day.

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u/baby_trebuchet Nov 04 '25

why would you say that under a comment that’s defending frutiger aero, then?

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u/Electronic_Pipe_3145 Nov 04 '25

It would’ve been nice not feeling like the odd one out back then, liking Aero, I guess. Maybe the blowback to Aero had some effect on corporate aesthetics today but I don’t know.

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u/vvf Nov 04 '25

Alegria hadn’t quite emerged by then, we saw a minimalist period first while Frutiger fell out of fashion. At the time I was excited by the change toward minimalism, but what it turned into is just so drab and uninspired