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Edit- Also a fun old quiz that helps beg the question, do you really need to add a fancy font over a system font? - http://www.ironicsans.com/helvarialquiz/ htt

Edit- Also a fun old quiz that helps beg the question, do you really need to add a fancy font over a system font? - http://www.ironicsans.com/helvarialquiz/ http://www.ironicsans.com/helvarialquiz/

52-6F-62 7y ago
I fully support your point—many times there are free or system fonts that are at least as of high quality. That said I only missed MATTEL on that one. Helv has a few giveaways and refinements but most people don't care—though the differences Arial and other modified Helveticas do have arguably render the type less neutral.
- mattferderer 7y ago
  I can't remember if I was able to get them all right or if I missed one when I first did it. I had graphic designer friends do it & they scored roughly the same as you & me. The difference of course is we all know what to look for & were purposely looking for those differences.
  - 52-6F-62 7y ago
    Hahaha yeah exactly. Had I not learned some of the characteristics some time ago it would be a lot more difficult. But once you see it you can't unsee it!
- thaumasiotes 7y ago
  18/20 share a single tell you can't miss if you know about it. MATTEL doesn't -- and, I thought, neither does TOYOTA. How'd you figure TOYOTA? I got MATTEL and TOYOTA both right based on the heuristic "Helvetica apparently has fatter lines", which I learned from the quiz itself.
  - roelschroeven 7y ago
    I got MATTEL right by looking at the sizes of the spacings between the letters. Not sure if it is real or just an artifact, but I picked the one where the spacings where the most regular and that turned out to be the Helvetica one. For TOYOTA, I have the impression that in one option all letters have the same weight, while in the other one the A is a bit bolder than the other letters. I figured the one with all the same weight should be Helvetica, but I was wrong. Looking at the fatness of the lines feels quite fragile: aren't there versions of Helvetica in all kinds of weights?

Edit- Also a fun old quiz that helps beg the question, do you really need to add a fancy font over a system font? - http://www.ironicsans.com/helvarialquiz/ http://www.ironicsans.com/helvarialquiz/

52-6F-62 7y ago

I fully support your point—many times there are free or system fonts that are at least as of high quality. That said I only missed MATTEL on that one. Helv has a few giveaways and refinements but most people don't care—though the differences Arial and other modified Helveticas do have arguably render the type less neutral.

mattferderer 7y ago
I can't remember if I was able to get them all right or if I missed one when I first did it. I had graphic designer friends do it & they scored roughly the same as you & me. The difference of course is we all know what to look for & were purposely looking for those differences.
- 52-6F-62 7y ago
  Hahaha yeah exactly. Had I not learned some of the characteristics some time ago it would be a lot more difficult. But once you see it you can't unsee it!
thaumasiotes 7y ago
18/20 share a single tell you can't miss if you know about it. MATTEL doesn't -- and, I thought, neither does TOYOTA. How'd you figure TOYOTA? I got MATTEL and TOYOTA both right based on the heuristic "Helvetica apparently has fatter lines", which I learned from the quiz itself.
- roelschroeven 7y ago
  I got MATTEL right by looking at the sizes of the spacings between the letters. Not sure if it is real or just an artifact, but I picked the one where the spacings where the most regular and that turned out to be the Helvetica one. For TOYOTA, I have the impression that in one option all letters have the same weight, while in the other one the A is a bit bolder than the other letters. I figured the one with all the same weight should be Helvetica, but I was wrong. Looking at the fatness of the lines feels quite fragile: aren't there versions of Helvetica in all kinds of weights?