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First, thanks to mingyeow for submitting this link: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=839407 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=839407 I scored 19 out of 2

First, thanks to mingyeow for submitting this link: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=839407 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=839407 I scored 19 out of 20. All caps Mattel did me in. However, one bad thing is that I can now see just how bad Arial is compared to Helvetica and it's very annoying. I really wasn't looking for something else to be anal-retentive about.

compay 17y ago
Yeah, that and Toyota were really hard to tell. Anything with a lower-case t, a or r; or an upper-case C were very obvious, and that was most of them.
- amackera 17y ago
  For Toyota you can tell with the 'o'. Helvetica appears like an almost perfect circle, Arial is more oblong and oval-shaped.
  - tptacek 17y ago
    I thought so too, but when I compare them side-by-side, it's not as obvious: http://img87.yfrog.com/i/picture5da.png/ http://img87.yfrog.com/i/picture5da.png/
    - tptacek 17y ago
      ... and it turns out Toyota modified their O's, and what they wound up with is actually Helvetica with Arial-like O's.
      - compay 17y ago
        Ha. I feel so much better now! ;)
amackera 17y ago
19/20 here. North Face got me, but in retrospect the R should have tipped me right off. Helvetica is a clearly superior typeface, and I'm not just saying that to be cool.
mtarnovan 17y ago
Same for me, got all of them except Mattel. Very interesting to see so many top brands use Helvetica in their logos.
sjs382 17y ago
I also got all of them except Mattel. :/