The updated font even has a new name: "Helvetica Now." Sponsor Message Like many changes, though, some people are skeptical. "If I'm perfectly honest, my first reaction was, do we need another ...

Major companies, which had used Helvetica for years in branding and other materials, had begun to eschew the typeface. Google stopped using it in 2011, in lieu of a custom font that looks a lot ...

The font expansion also includes Times New Roman, Arial, and Proxima Nova, alongside options that support alphabets used by languages like Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Hindi.

SIMON: Sarah Hyndman says even if people don't like the new look of the font, many agree Helvetica needed change. HYNDMAN: There are lots of foibles in Helvetica, like the way the letters space.

In which camp are you? Those who cannot get enough Helvetica, the world's most famous sans serif font, or those who have had more than enough. One cannot be neutral about this neutral typeface.

Brittle, anemic Helvetica is simplynot a good choice as a default display font for Apple’s operating system. That’s why I’m pretty excited about this little trick to replace Helvetica Neue ...

Helvetica is a font of such practicality–and ... For breakfast he had Japanese tea and some fruit, foregoing his usual yogurt (Helvetica label). He couldn’t read The New York Times as that ...

Typeface company Monotype has overhauled the Helvetica font over 60 years after it was first created to give it a fresh new look for the 21st century. Spearheaded by the company's type director ...

"Helvetica," a documentary about one font's history, played to sold-out audiences when it came out last year. Basic font knowledge has become mandatory for anybody in the know—"Knowledge of ...