Frutiger Aero

US/ˈfɹutɪɡɚ ˈɛɹoʊ/

noun

An Internet aesthetic characterized by modern and organic themes associated with nature, glass, water and air.

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Meanings

nounFrutiger Aero (uncountable)
  1. uncountableaestheticAn Internet aesthetic characterized by modern and organic themes associated with nature, glass, water and air.

Origin

  1. GermanFrutiger
  2. EnglishFrutiger Aero

Coined by Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute member Sofi Lee in 2017. From Frutiger (“a sans-serif typeface”), from German Frutiger, the surname of its designer in turn meaning “of Frutigen”, and (Windows) Aero (“a design language”), a backronym for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open.

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APA

Frutiger Aero. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frutiger%20Aero

MLA

“Frutiger Aero.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frutiger%20Aero. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Frutiger Aero,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frutiger%20Aero.

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