Arial vs. Helvetica: a cheat sheet Stoking the flames of the ongoing (mixed-metaphor) battle between Arial and Helvetica comes this cheat sheet courtesy of the ragbag. (Found via swissmiss via… wait for it… Daring Fireball, surprise!) This guide hits all of the key differences I go by...
-apple-systemtargetsSan Franciscoin Safari (on Mac OS X and iOS), and it targetsNeue HelveticaandLucida Grandeon older versions of Mac OS X. It properly selects betweenSan Francisco TextandSan Francisco Displaydepending on the text’s size. system-uirepresents the default UI font on a given...
You’ll get half of them right by just randomly guessing, but if you don’t do much better than that, here are some good resources for you to check out that will teach you the differences between Arial and Helvetica: Link:How to Spot Arial Link:Arial and Helvetica overlayed Link:The S...
I've taken 20 logos that were originally designed in Helvetica, and I've redone them in Arial. Some people would call that blasphemy. I call it a challenge: can you tell which is the original and which is the remake? 1) Which one is the original (Helvetica)?Brought...