Helvetica
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Helvetica, also known by its original name Neue Haas Grotesk, is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Helvetica is referenced by 475 other articles, and connects out to font, typeface and The New York Times.
It is catalogued under topics including Digital typefaces, Display typefaces and Grotesque sans-serif typefaces.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Typeface.releasedate
- April 2019
- Typeface.creator
- Jan Hendrik Weber and Charles Nix
- Typeface.foundry
- Monotype
- Typeface.foundries
- Mergenthaler Linotype Company
- Typeface.shown_here
- Neue Helvetica
- Typeface.metrically_compatible_with
- ArialArimoLiberation Sans
- Typeface.name
- Helvetica
- Typeface.style
- Sans-serif
- Typeface.classifications
- Neo-grotesque
- Typeface.image
- Helvetica Now Specimen.svg
- Typeface.based_on
- Neue Helvetica
- Typeface.aka
- Neue Haas Grotesk
- Typeface.variations
- Helvetica InseratHelvetica CompressedNeue HelveticaHelvetica NowOthers (see below)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sans-serif typeface
- Designed by
- Max Miedinger
- Image
- 4-6 a01 rodina-pisma-helvetica.png
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- Commons category
- Helvetica
- inception
- 1957-00-00
- type foundry
- Mergenthaler Linotype Company
- writing system
- Arabic script
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Encyclopedic overview
40 sectionsContents
- History
- Characteristics
- Usage examples
- Media coverage
- Variants
- Helvetica Light
- Helvetica Inserat
- Helvetica Compressed (1966)
- Helvetica Rounded (1978)
- Helvetica Narrow
- Helvetica Textbook
- Language variants
- Helvetica World
- Neue Helvetica (1983)
- Neue Helvetica W1G (2009)
- Neue Helvetica Arabic (2009)
- Neue Helvetica eText (2011)
- (Neue) Helvetica Thai (2012)
- Neue Helvetica Georgian (2015)
- Neue Helvetica Armenian (2016)
- Neue Helvetica World (2017)
- Neue Haas Grotesk (2010)
- Variable Font Version
- Helvetica Now (2019)
- Helvetica Now Variable (2022)
- Helvetica clones
- Optical sizes
- Language extension
- Arial and MS Sans Serif
- Derivative designs
- Zhukov and Kurbatov version
- Forma (1968)
- Manoptica
- Helvetica Flair and others
- Shatter LET (1973)
- Unica
- Chalet
- Coolvetica
- Notes
- References
Helvetica, also known by its original name Neue Haas Grotesk, is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann.
Helvetica is a neo-grotesque design, one influenced by the famous 19th-century (1890s) typeface Akzidenz-Grotesk and other German and Swiss designs. Its use became a hallmark of the International Typographic Style that emerged from the work of Swiss designers in the 1950s and 1960s, becoming one of the most popular typefaces of the mid-20th century. Over the years, a wide range of variants have been released in different weights, widths, and sizes, as well as matching designs for a range of non-Latin alphabets. Notable features of Helvetica as originally designed include a high x-height, the termination of strokes on horizontal or vertical lines and an unusually tight spacing between letters, which combine to give it a dense, solid appearance.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Helvetica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.