Hmm some really good fonts up here, personally I do prefer Neue more because it can be used both as for some freestyle presentation and for some a bit more serious documents, like essays maybe. But you can't use these for any REALLY serious documents of course :) Thanks for the post.
I've always wondered what were the differences and just never got around to researching it. I've always used "Neue" for no other reason than it sounded so modern, lol. Thanks for the article.
Blessings & Prosperity to all,
-Terry
Submitted by Terry Veiga on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 15:03.
I was involved with the releasing of the Helvetica family which was a hodge podge of older faces from 3 different foundries owned by Linotype.
For instance Helvetica Bold Condensed figures were taken from an older version of Inserat grotesque and thrown into the original release. The first customer of the old family was Spartan Typographers of Oakland California and it was a success.
The Helvetica demand allowed this family continued until the digital version for the Linofilm caused the rework name Neue Helvetica.
The release of Folio and rework of
Akzidenz Grotesk took care care of the
competition
Could you comment on the bad fonts that came in this set? Have they been fixed and is it safe to use it again? How to update the old version to the new version if it has been corrected.
Fonts
Hmm some really good fonts up here, personally I do prefer Neue more because it can be used both as for some freestyle presentation and for some a bit more serious documents, like essays maybe. But you can't use these for any REALLY serious documents of course :) Thanks for the post.
Finally!
I've always wondered what were the differences and just never got around to researching it. I've always used "Neue" for no other reason than it sounded so modern, lol. Thanks for the article.
Blessings & Prosperity to all,
-Terry
Not sure if it is to
Not sure if it is to "improve" "aesthetics", but yes the differences are correctly observed. Personally I prefer Helvetica to Helvetica Neue.
Great article
Very helpful.
Original Helvetica series
I was involved with the releasing of the Helvetica family which was a hodge podge of older faces from 3 different foundries owned by Linotype.
For instance Helvetica Bold Condensed figures were taken from an older version of Inserat grotesque and thrown into the original release. The first customer of the old family was Spartan Typographers of Oakland California and it was a success.
The Helvetica demand allowed this family continued until the digital version for the Linofilm caused the rework name Neue Helvetica.
The release of Folio and rework of
Akzidenz Grotesk took care care of the
competition
Neue Haas Grotesk
Great article. it is also worth looking at Christian Schwartz’s digital revival ‘Neue Haas Grotesk’
http://www.christianschwartz.com/haasgrotesk.shtml
—Marcus Leis Allion
corrupt fonts?
Could you comment on the bad fonts that came in this set? Have they been fixed and is it safe to use it again? How to update the old version to the new version if it has been corrected.
more comparisons
Good post, but I'd like to see a few phrases juxtaposed. I have to see it in real words to get a feel for it.