It has slightly taller x-height, corrected the oblique from original Helvetica that was simply skewed into a true italic font with smoother curvature; having stylistic alternatives for several fonts ...

As I mentioned in xref {system fonts}, Arial was designed as a clone of Helvetica. Helvetica has earned its place in typographic history honestly. But Arial, only by Microsoft imposing it upon us for ...

But, according to Art Director and Letterer Kevin Cardell, Times New Roman isn't an inherently off-putting choice -- it's just become a hackneyed option because it's used so frequently. "The poor ...

The Helvetica font family is everywhere. It’s used on everything from subway signage to federal tax forms to advertisements for a diverse group of companies, including Harley-Davidson, Oral-B ...

Described by Nix as "screen-first font", the updated typeface includes additional alternate characters and typographic tools. There are also a host of symbols to suit different graphics Some ...

Helvetica was also not the most versatile font in the toolbox, admits Nix. Now, he says, that's all changed. "Helvetica used to not be able to be used for captions and small text because it was a ...