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I'm not sure I understand. As much as I love Lucida Grande, Cocoa != Lucida Grande. Rather, Mac OS X : Lucida Grande :: iPhone OS : Helvetica.

• petercooper 16y ago
  I see Helvetica on the iPhone platform as more of an aberration (and possibly merely the result of license bickering, not through serious consideration). It doesn't seem to make any sense to switch to it on the portable devices. This has been partially mocked here: http://blog.cocoia.com/2008/swiss-interface-syndrome/ http://blog.cocoia.com/2008/swiss-interface-syndrome/ Anyway, the screenshot of the Apple booking interface shows Lucida Grande in use. When viewed on the iPad/iPhone, it'll have to drop back to Helvetica instead of the intended font. Hopefully Apple will see sense, though, and add Lucida Grande to OS 4.0 or beyond since its absence makes little sense.
  • cpr 16y ago
    It's not an aberration, it's part of the Jobsian Bauhaus design sense. He got to force the main font choice on the phone, where he probably wasn't able to on Mac OS X.
    • petercooper 16y ago
      Maybe, but I can't buy it. They've stuck to the Lucida-esque Myriad Pro For their display advertising and Web graphics, for the most part and Jobs could have easily changed that stuff. That aside, can you imagine Helvetica replacing Lucida on OS X generally? It'd look hideous :-( (And I'm a big Helvetica fan - but it sucks for clarity at small point sizes.)