Helvetica
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]
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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.
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An early Helvetica specimen in the asymmetric Swiss modernist style, showing tight spacing in the poster style of the period
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Comparison of distinguishing characters in Akzidenz-Grotesk, Folio, Helvetica, and Univers 55
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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.
- Neue Helvetica phototypesetting lower case a with circumflex (8277798760).jpg
A hand-cut rubylith master used in the 1983 phototypesetting release of Neue Helvetica
Varying Neue Helvetica typeface weights
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Helvetica Arabic, mostra tipogràfica
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Georgian letters
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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
