This typeface was initially released as Neue Haas Grotesk, and was designed in 1957 by Max Miedinger for the Haas’sche Schriftgiesserei (Haas Type Foundry) in Switzerland.
The name was changed to Helvetica (an adaptation of Helvetia, the Latin name for Switzerland) by Walter Cunz when D. Stempel AG, a major stockholder in Haas, reworked the design for Linotype GmbH in Frankfurt, a major stockholder in Stempel. The Mergenthaler Linotype Company in New York, then a major stockholder of Linotype GmbH, adopted the design, and it rapidly became the most popular sanserif in the world, replacing Futura.
Helvetica is designed as a strong central series, with condensed and extended forms and extreme weights adapted and added later, a system which suited Linotype mechanical limitations and marketing philosophy, but which resulted in a family of weights that were not as well coordinated as they might have been.
Linotype’s limited licensing forced a large number of unauthorized copies of Helvetica, none of which may be viewed as an improvement.
Fonts Included (.TTF):
Helvetica Cyrillic Bold
Helvetica Cyrillic Bold Inclined
Helvetica Cyrillic Inclined
Helvetica Cyrillic Upright
Helvetica Greek Bold
Helvetica Greek Bold Inclined
Helvetica Greek Inclined
Helvetica Greek Upright
Helvetica Inserat Cyrillic Upright
Helvetica Inserat LT
Helvetica LT
Helvetica LT Black
Helvetica LT Black Oblique
Helvetica LT Bold Oblique
Helvetica LT Compressed
Helvetica LT Condensed Black
Helvetica LT Condensed Black Oblique
Helvetica LT Condensed Bold
Helvetica LT Condensed Bold Oblique
Helvetica LT Condensed Light
Helvetica LT Condensed Light Oblique
Helvetica LT Condensed Medium
Helvetica LT Condensed Oblique
Helvetica LT Extra Compressed
Helvetica LT Light
Helvetica LT Light Oblique
Helvetica LT Narrow
Helvetica LT Narrow Bold
Helvetica LT Narrow Bold Oblique
Helvetica LT Narrow Oblique
Helvetica LT Oblique
Helvetica LT Ultra Compressed
Helvetica Narrow CE Bold
Helvetica Narrow CE Regular
Helvetica Rounded LT Black
Helvetica Rounded LT Black Oblique
Helvetica Rounded LT Bold
Helvetica Rounded LT Bold Condensed
Helvetica Rounded LT Bold Condensed Oblique
Helvetica Rounded LT Bold Oblique
Helvetica Textbook LT Bold
Helvetica Textbook LT BoldObl
Helvetica Textbook LT Oblique
Helvetica Textbook LT Roman
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