Sunday, September 17, 2006

Arial vs. Helvetica

I'm on my new iMac 17" and thought the following might be interesting to analyze:

The goal for me is to be able to spot the difference between the classic Helvetica font from the Microsoft version, Arial.

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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous9/20/2006 3:17 PM

    My guess is arial is the upper one, helvetica the lower... the lower's antialiasing is a bit less heavy-handed, which I seem to recall from... oh, hell, I dunno where.

    Anyway, verdana is the shizzle, man. Much more readable than either. To my fading eyesight, anyway. :)

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  2. Will9/21/2006 9:05 PM

    I like Verdana a lot, too. Especially on screen.

    BTW, you're right with the Helvetica.

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  3. Anonymous10/14/2006 10:14 PM

    the only difference i find is in the capital R and G's...and i think i like Helvetica better in those regards.

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  4. Will10/21/2008 12:12 AM

    WHOOPS. We were wrong. Helvetica is on the top and Arial is on the bottom.

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