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If we want to go down that road, we end up back at Akzidenz-Grotesk. Almost all modern grotesque fonts (and certainly the popular ones) are derived from some pr
by bradleyland 15y ago
If we want to go down that road, we end up back at Akzidenz-Grotesk. Almost all modern grotesque fonts (and certainly the popular ones) are derived from some previous work. I still prefer Helvetica Neue, but I don't begrudge Google for developing their own font based on Helvetica.
- Steko 15y agoI don't begrudge Google for developing their own font based on Helvetica either. The point of this sub-thread is really establishing that Google developed their own font based on Helvetica. A number of posters have contended that they aren't that similar.
- bradleyland 15y agoWell, good luck with the "similarity" argument when it comes to fonts. We are, after all, talking about letter forms. Within the sans-serif family, the degree of similarity has a lot to do with how much attention you pay to fonts and typography in general. Keep in mind that to some people (who probably don't care about cars) a Ford Fusion and VW Jetta look pretty similar. The same rules apply here. Similarity is in the eye of the beholder unless you're talking about some quantifiable metric.