Apple made a lot of visual changes in release 10.10 ("Yosemite") of Mac OS/X. One of the most obvious was to change the system font, as used throughout the desktop, from Lucida to Helvetica. A lot of people love Helvetica, so presumably they were happy. Others were less satisfied, leading to a little rush of… Continue reading How to change your friend’s OS/X Yosemite system font to Arial
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Did you know? Some people like Helvetica
Helvetica is—as every font geek who enjoys a repulsive turn of phrase must agree—one of the most iconic fonts of our time. Which is a pretty strange thing. Designed in 1957 by two not very famous type designers as a neutral typeface for the Haas foundry in Switzerland, Helvetica might almost have been drawn to… Continue reading Did you know? Some people like Helvetica
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