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'Godfather' of Helvetica font dies at 84


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http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/tech/web/helvetica-typographer-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

 

I really do like Helvetica. Seems most writers do too, BNE MQ HAELER a lot of them use it in their stickers. Clean and classic. RIP this dude who helped it grow.

 

It ain't a coffee machines or schizo versions of Dale Carnegie thread but thought a designer or two would find this of interest.

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RIP..

Helvetica

Designed in 1957 by Max Miedinger, Helvetica’s design is based on that of Akzidenz Grotesk (1896), and classified as a Grotesque or Transitional san serif face.

Originally it was called Neue Haas Grotesque;

in 1960 it was revised and renamed Helvetica (Latin for Switzerland “Swiss”)

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romans called swiss people helvetii

 

i learnt something new today

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