Arial and Helvetica
The Scourge of Arial (via Zeldman). An interesting short history of modern typefaces and how Arial become widespread despite being merely a poor imitation of Helvetica.
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The Scourge of Arial (via Zeldman). An interesting short history of modern typefaces and how Arial become widespread despite being merely a poor imitation of Helvetica.
Previously hosted at http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2002/07/01/arialAndHelvetica
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