Univers was the first typeface in which the weights were classified with a numerical system (the Univers grid). Both Univers and Helvetica were released around the same time and were very similar, but Univers had a range of weights and Helvetica did not.
Frutiger's grid was first applied to the font family, Univers. Therefore giving us the Univers grid. It was a way to label type weights without the words bold, heavy, and light. It also tells the amount the type is condensed or extended.
http://www.freddesign.co.uk/2010/06/archive/frutigers-grid-and-how-to-use-it/
http://www.rightreading.com/typehead/univers.htm
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