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One of the best things that ever happened to Helvetica's reputation is Microsoft shipping Arial, thereby causing nerds everywhere to suddenly consider Helvetica
by ssp 17y ago
One of the best things that ever happened to Helvetica's reputation is Microsoft shipping Arial, thereby causing nerds everywhere to suddenly consider Helvetica some sort of high point of type design.
- neilc 17y agoHelvetica's stature was established long before Microsoft Word was invented.
- ssp 17y agoNo, Helvetica's stature as a high point of type face design was not. In fact, Helvetica was the Arial of that time, and The People Who Are Always Right would snicker at it and instead go for Univers, the well-designed alternative that the riff-raff didn't know about.