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I really enjoyed this film, but in telling the story of the cultural power and ubiquity of Helvetica, I think it dramatically underplays the fact that variation

by bcks 6y ago

I really enjoyed this film, but in telling the story of the cultural power and ubiquity of Helvetica, I think it dramatically underplays the fact that variations on Helvetica have been pre-installed on most modern personal computers by default.

dehrmann 6y ago
> variations on Helvetica have been pre-installed on most modern personal computers by default Windows doesn't have one.
- hatmatrix 6y ago
  Arial
- monocasa 6y ago
  Arial is essentially a Helvetica variation. At it's most charitable, Arial is to Helvetica as RC Cola is to Coke, with Monotype owning Arial and Linotype owning Helvetica.
  - dehrmann 6y ago
    You're not wrong, but there are vocal designers that wouldn't be happy with that comparison.