Variants Helvetica

1 variants

1.1 helvetica light
1.2 helvetica inserat (1957)
1.3 helvetica compressed (1966)
1.4 helvetica rounded (1978)
1.5 helvetica narrow
1.6 helvetica textbook
1.7 language variants

1.7.1 (neue) helvetica thai (2012)

variants

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variations of helvetica



helvetica inserat




helvetica light

helvetica light designed stempel s artistic director erich schultz-anker, in conjunction arthur ritzel.

helvetica inserat (1957)

helvetica inserat (german advertisement) version designed in 1957 use in advertising industry: narrow variant tighter helvetica black condensed. gives glyphs larger x-height , more squared appearance, similar schmalfette grotesk. strikethrough strokes in $, ¢ replaced non-strikethrough version. 4 opened @ top.

helvetica compressed (1966)

designed matthew carter cold type. shares design elements helvetica inserat, uses curved tail in q, downward pointing branch in r, , tilde bottom £. carter has said in practice designed similar schmalfette grotesk , compete in role british designs impact , compacta, style popular @ time.

the family consists of helvetica compressed, helvetica compressed , helvetica ultra compressed fonts. has been digitised, instance in adobe helvetica release. used on league of gentlemen , lenovo s thinkpad laptops, thinkcentre desktops, thinkvantage software, thinkstation workstations, thinkserver servers, thinkplus accessories logo.

helvetica rounded (1978)

helvetica rounded version containing rounded stroke terminators. bold, black, bold condensed, , bold outline fonts made, outline font not issued in digital form linotype.

helvetica narrow

helvetica narrow version width between helvetica compressed , helvetica condensed. however, width scaled in way optically consistent widest width fonts.

the font developed when printer rom space scarce, created mathematically squashing helvetica 82% of original width, resulting in distorted letterforms , thin vertical strokes next thicker horizontals.

because of distortion problems, adobe dropped helvetica narrow in release of helvetica in opentype format, recommending users choose helvetica condensed instead. however, in linotype s opentype version of helvetica narrow, distortions found in adobe fonts non-existent.

helvetica textbook

helvetica textbook alternate design of typeface, uses schoolbook stylistic alternates increase distinguishability: seriffed capital , j increase distinguishability, q flick upwards , other differences. , t , u replaced designs similar in geometric sans-serifs such found in futura.

language variants

the cyrillic version designed in-house in 1970s @ d stempel ag, critiqued , redesigned in 1992 under advice of jovica veljović.

matthew carter designed helvetica greek.

lebanese designer nadine chahine designed neue helvetica arabic.

(neue) helvetica thai (2012)

thai font designer anuthin wongsunkakon of cadson demak co. created thai versions of helvetica , neue helvetica fonts. design uses loopless terminals in thai glyphs, had been used wongsunkakon s previous design, manop mai (new manop).

initial release included 6 fonts in opentype com format each family in 3 weights (light, regular, bold) , 1 width, complementary italics. opentype features include fractions, glyph composition/decomposition.