![]() ![]() ![]() The Thin weight (originally requested by Bloomberg Businessweek) is very fine, very thin indeed, and reveals the true skeleton of these iconic letterforms.Īvailable as a family of OpenType fonts with a very large Pro character set, Neue Haas Grotesk supports most Central European and many Eastern European languages.The primary differences between Arial and Helvetica can easily be seen in the distinguishing characters shown above: Helvetica’s terminal strokes are either horizontally or vertically cut, while those of Arial are slightly angled, the cap G in Helvetica has a spur while Arial does not, the leg of the cap Rs are dramatically different in shape and position, and the overall shapes are more rounded in Arial than Helvetica. Schwartz's revival of the original Helvetica, his new Neue Haas Grotesk, comes complete with a number of Max Miedinger's alternates, including a flat-legged R.Įight display weights, from Thin to Black, plus a further three weights drawn specifically for text make this much more than a revival - it's a versatile, well-drawn grot with all the right ingredients. During the 1980s, the family was redrawn and released as Neue Helvetica. The Regular and Bold weights of Helvetica were redesigned for the Linotype machine those alterations remained when Helvetica was adapted for phototypesetting. What was lost in Neue Haas Grotesk's transition to the digital Helvetica of today, has been resurrected in this faithful digital revival. Christian Schwartz says Neue Haas Grotesk was originally produced for typesetting by hand in a range of sizes from 5 to 72 points, but digital Helvetica has always been one-size-fits-all, which leads to unfortunate compromises."" Schwartz's digital revival sets the record straight, so to speak. Some of the features that made Neue Haas Grotesk so good were expunged or altered owing to comprimises dictated by technological changes. But, over the years, Helvetica would move away from its roots. ![]() The original metal Neue Haas Grotesk™ would, in the late 1950s become Helvetica®. ![]()
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