Widths & Weights
- 9 weights
- three widths (normal, condensed, extended)
- 51 fonts total
Designed By
- Max Miedinger
- 1957
- Haas Type Foundry (acquired by Linotype)
Design Requirements
- neutral, international
- Modernist style
- usable for signage
What's Neue in Helvetica Neue?
- Wolfgang Schimpf
- 1983
- improved legibility
- unified character heights and widths
Punctuation
- heavier punctuation marks than Helvetica
Strokes
- cut horizontally or vertically
- distinguishes Helvetica from dupes like Arial
Languages
- Greek (by Matthew Carter)
- Arabic (by Nadine Chahine)
- Korean
- Hindi
- and more
Helvetica the Movie
- documentary by Gary Hustwit
- released for Helvetica's 50th birthday (2007)
- celebrated its influence on design culture
Usage
- Apple's iOS interface
- NYC's MTA & Chicago's Transit Authority signage
- NASA Space Shuttle orbiter
- multiple corporate identities