About Helvetica Fonts
History of Helvetica:
The name is derivative from word Helvetia that is Latin for Switzerland. Firstly it was called the Neue Haas Grotesk, and was tainted to Helvetica in 1960 by the Hass' German parent company Stempel. The Stempel foundry added more weights to Merganthaer Linotype came up with newer story.
Helvetica Helveti ca Font Family:
The Helvetica font plan was based on grotesques of the late 19th century. There were some refinements completed and it was put under the san serif sub-category of neo-grotesque. Some of the members of the Helvetica font family: •
Light
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Compressed
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Textbook
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Rounded
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