Helvetica

Sample of the Helvetica typeface

Helvetica (also Neue Haas Grotesk) is a widely-used sans serif font family. It was developed in 1957 by font family designer Max Miedinger with input from Eduard Hoffmann.

Helvetica is a neo-grotesque or realist design. It is one that is influenced by the 19th century font family Akzidenz-Grotesk and other German and Swiss designs.^[1] It became one of the most popular font families of the 20th century.^[2]

It was originally named Neue Haas Grotesk. It was licensed by Linotype and renamed Helvetica in 1960.^[3]

The Helvetica font was also used between 1993 and 1997 for TSI "Masked troubadour" idents and bumpers.^[4]^[5]

Helvetica Media

A 1969 poster by Robert Geisser exemplifying the "Swiss" style of the 1950s and 60s: solid red colour, simple images, and neo-grotesque sans-serif type, all in lowercase. This design appears to use Helvetica or a close imitation.
Helvetica's tight apertures contribute to a regular, dense design.
An early Helvetica specimen in the asymmetric Swiss modernist style, showing tight spacing in the poster style of the period
Comparison of distinguishing characters in Akzidenz-Grotesk, Folio, Helvetica, and Univers 55
A number of unusual adaptations of Helvetica have been released that diverge from Miedinger's original design, notably the Bold Extended weight in which the 'r' has a droop, the extra-slanted Diagonal weight, Helvetica Compact with a different 'Q' and straight-sided capitals and the extra-condensed, high x-height Inserat.
A hand-cut rubylith master used in the 1983 phototypesetting release of Neue Helvetica
Varying Neue Helvetica typeface weights
Helvetica Arabic, mostra tipogràfica
Georgian letters
Neue Haas Grotesk Text, optically optimized for body text

References

↑ "A Neo Grotesque Heritage". Adobe Systems. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
↑ "Uniformity" (PDF). The Graphic Exchange. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
↑ Helvetica and Univers. Blue Pencil. http://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2011/12/from-the-archives-no-26%E2%80%94helvetica-and-univers-addendum. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
↑ Martin Lambie-Nairn, Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On, Phaidon Press, 1997, p. 201
↑ Lambie-Nairn + Company reveal their role in helping the Swiss take on a new character, in Creative Review, vol. 14, n. 1, January 1994, p. 45

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[1] "A Neo Grotesque Heritage". Adobe Systems. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

[2] "Uniformity" (PDF). The Graphic Exchange. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

[3] Helvetica and Univers. Blue Pencil. http://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2011/12/from-the-archives-no-26%E2%80%94helvetica-and-univers-addendum. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

[4] Martin Lambie-Nairn, Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On, Phaidon Press, 1997, p. 201

[5] Lambie-Nairn + Company reveal their role in helping the Swiss take on a new character, in Creative Review, vol. 14, n. 1, January 1994, p. 45

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