Arial v. helvetica
A great article by Mark Simonson about The Scourge of Arial;It's been a very long time since I was actually a fan of Helvetica, but the fact is Helvetica became popular on its own merits. Arial owes its very existence to that success but is little more than a parasite--and it looks like it's the kind that eventually destroys the host. I can almost hear young designers now saying, "Helvetica? That's that font that looks kinda like Arial, right?"
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james says:
Helvetica owes it's popularity to Akzidenz Grotesk. But Helvetica, in my humble opinion, is a beautiful typeface and far superior to Akzidenz (which has it's own merits). Arial is the ugly lovechild of Helvetica and Akzidenz. It's neither here nor there. Why was it invented? Maybe so Microsoft could own the rights to a typeface? I don't know.
Posted by: james at April 11, 2006 4:53 PM #
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