Neue Haas Grotesk, the original name for Helvetica, was initially produced for typesetting by hand in a range of sizes from 5 to 72 points, but Schwartz notes, "the digital Helvetica has always ...

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.

Helvetica is celebrated and loathed for its ubiquity. Now, the 62-year-old font is getting a face lift for the digital age. Jim Davis/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption ...

Helvetica as often a “safe choice” for anyone who ... format, medium), and often Helvetica is blindly chosen for a project or brand ... Why did Medium choose FF Tisa Web Pro as the font for ...

Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica movie would suggest you do. His film examines how the font took over the world, opening with shots of the font in Manhattan–on the Times Square tkts booth ...

It’s the typeface that greets you on your tax forms. It announces MBTA station stops. Its sans-serif letters glow in the night outside Target and CVS. In the world of typography, Helvetica is as ...

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 ...

The 'Godfather' of the Helvetica Font Dies. Published Feb 28, 2014 at 5:13 PM EST Updated Apr 22, 2014 at 4:52 PM EDT.

Because without a signature font, you'll never be letter-perfect. ... "Helvetica," a documentary about one font's history, played to sold-out audiences when it came out last year.

BMW owners, it's not your imagination. The words on the navigation screen are as they appear in BMW Type Light. The trademarked font is used cohesively in all official BMW-related matters — from ...