Even Google, Apple and Netflix used it for a time. Helvetica is ubiquitous around the world, but despite its popularity, the typeface has some issues: letters scrunch together at small sizes and ...

“A lot of people won’t even notice it,” Merrill said. Much like Helvetica typeface, this design style communicates friendliness and authority without being conspicuous. That makes it ...

He has over 15 years of experience in digital media. Helvetica is one of the most well-known and oft-used typefaces, and it just got a big refresh. Even if you’re not familiar with the font ...

Helvetica wasn't always the cold, rational typeface it is today. For the first time, someone is bringing back its beauty. In which camp are you? Those who cannot get enough Helvetica, the world's ...

Or, to be precise: what is it about the Swiss and their sans serif typefaces? Helvetica and Univers both emerged from Switzerland in the same year–1957–and went out to shape the modern world.

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Stephen Coles, Helvetica lover/hater: Like most classic typefaces, the problems with Helvetica are not so much in its design as its misuse.

Helvetica. It’s the most famous typeface of all time, used in public transportation systems around the globe. It’s renowned for its streamlined design, meant to render information as clearly ...

Postmodern design may have shaken today`s architecture to its roots, but it has barely touched that ubiquitous 1920s product of the Bauhaus known as Helvetica. And what the devil is ”Helvetica”?

The Helvetica Effect doesn’t mind flipping a question on you. “What does The Helvetica Effect mean?” you might ask. “What does it mean to you?” they might respond. I’ll answer.

On learning of Helvetica’s 50th birthday, one is tempted to search for signs of age: the slightest sag in a once-pert C, the slope that can creep into the shoulders of an M, the struggle for ...

Today, Monotype is releasing Unica as a web font after spending almost 40 years nearly forgotten—and it could rival giants like Helvetica and Univers, as it was originally designed to do.