Helvetica is a
typeface developed by
Max Miedinger[?] in
1957 for the Haas’sche Schriftgießerei type foundry of
Switzerland. It is based on the earlier
Akzidenz Grotesk typeface from around 1898. The typeface, originally titled
Haas-Grotesk, is a very clean
sans-serif face. The typeface became extremely popular in the
1960s, being used for every possible application. In
1983,
Linotype released the
Neue Helvetica (
German for 'New Helvetica') typeface, based on
Helvetica.
The typeface
Arial, distributed with
Microsoft Windows, is said to be based on of
Helvetica.
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