Type Gallery – Helvetica
Apple and Adobe later obtained the licenses from Linotype for the Neue Helvetica® font, which is still one of the most popular typefaces worldwide.
The font Helvetica® (Latin for Swiss) has the objective and functional style which was associated with Swiss typography in the 1950s and 1960s. The font is perfect for international correspondence: no ornament, no emotion, just clear presentation of information. Helvetica font is still one of most popular sans-serif fonts.
Helvetica font, the typeface par excellence, can look back on a colorful life. Originally designed for hand composition, it has been adapted over the years for all methods of composition: from hot metal line composition, and opto-mechanical phototypesetting of the first generation, to digital typesetters.
The font Helvetica combines well with:
Fonts with Old Face proportions, like Palatino®, Trump Mediaeval®, Versailles™, Wilke™.
Fonts with Modern Face proportions, like Linotype Centennial®, Walbaum.
Slab Serif fonts like Egyptienne F™, Rockwell®.
Brush fonts like Brush Script™, Ruling Script™, Salto™.
Black letters like Duc de Berry™, Wittenberger Fraktur™.
Fun fonts like Linotype Animalia™, Linotype Red Babe™, Linotype Seven™, Linotype Sjablony™.
As times change, the technical requirements change that must be met by a typeface. There is also a change in what we may consider to be the beauty and suitability of a typeface.
To meet these requirements and conform to the tastes of a new generation of type users, Linotype presented the "Neue Helvetica".
Download a printable sample of Helvetica as a PDF.