CNET

Address Book requires Helvetica.dfont -- other versions can cause problems (freezes)

MacFixIt reader Lee Heiman reports on an issue where Address Book requires the helvetica.dfont version of the Helvetica font. The Helvetica font is relied upon by a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Helvetica Typeface Has Been Redesigned for the Digital Age

Helvetica Now marks the typeface's first redesign since 1982's Helvetica Neue Courtesy of Monotype The world’s most popular typeface has a new look: Helvetica Now. Four years in the making, it’s the ...
Fast Company

Helvetica, the world’s most famous typeface, gets a makeover

Helvetica is one of the most popular typefaces on the planet. Here’s why Monotype decided to remake it. Helvetica was dreamed up as a universal typeface in 1957 and it’s still incredibly popular –you ...
Artnet

Helvetica, the Typeface So Beloved It Has Its Own Documentary, Is Getting a Makeover for the Internet Age

Few typefaces have achieved household name status. Times New Roman? Sure. Comic Sans? Maybe. Helvetica—definitely. So when it came to updating the famed sans-serif developed by Swiss designer Max ...
Untapped Cities

10 Fun Facts About the NYC Transit Authority Graphics Standard

It is widely known that Vignelli was a strong proponent of the Helvetica font, and did express his desire to deploy it to the 1970 manual. Contrary to believe though, the original typeface chosen for ...