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Helvetica Neue LT 75 Bdoutline a B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Authors of Helvetica..................................6-7 History of Helvetica......................................8 Font Family of Helvetica...........................9-13 . created for Haas the Neue Haas Grotesk. Horizontal, in 1965, was the third and final typeface he and shortly thereafter commissioned him to design a new sans serif typeface, Eduard Hoffmann, head of the Haas Typefoundry, was convinced of his talent consultant and graphic designer, like his brother, Gérard, younger by two years. serif. In 1956 Miedinger returned to Zurich to become a freelance advertising In 1954 he created his first typeface design: Pro Arte, a condensed slab Haas Typefoundry in Münchenstein. chain of department stores. In 1946 he started a new position as salesman at as a typographer in the advertising department at Globus, Zurich’s renowned and also took evening courses at the art school in Zurich. From 1936 he worked From 1930 to 1936 he worked as a typesetter for various companies office in Zurich. father to complete an apprenticeship in typesetting at Jacques Bollmann printing 1980 in Zurich. After finishing school in 1926, Max Miedinger was urged by his M ax was born on December 24, 1910 in Zurich, and died March 8, Max Alfons Miedinger Eduard Hoffmann Eduard was born May 26, 1892 in Zurich, and died September 17, 1980 in Basel. After finishing college, Eduard Hoffman, who was fascinated by the beginnings of aviation, completed study trips and internships in Zurich, Berlin, and Munich to learn more about technology and engineering. In 1917 he took on a position at the Hass Typefoundry, which was under the management of his uncle Max Krayer. He showed great commitment in acquainting himself with a field he had never studied, making typography and typefaces his new line of business. In 1937 he began managing the type foundry as co-director of equal status with his uncle, and after the latter’s death in 1944, he continued as sole manager of the company until retiring in 1965. His son Alfred entered the company in 1951 and energetically supported him. He served as deputy director from 1959 and subsequently took over as managing director in 1968. decided on ‘Helvetica’ as this meant ‘Swiss’ as opposed to ‘Switzerland’. he decided it wouldn’t be appropriate to name a type after a country. He then original Latin name for Switzerland. This was ignored by Eduard Hoffmann as tionally. It was initially suggested that the type be called ‘Helvetia’ which is the company Stempel to Helvetica in order to make it more marketable interna- In 1960, the typeface’s name was changed by Haas’ German parent Haas Grotesk into a larger family.[2] worked. After the success of Univers, Arthur Ritzel of Stempel redesigned Neue to be a full range of mechanical and hot-metal typefaces) its design was re- When Linotype adopted Neue Haas Grotesk (which was never planned a wide variety of signage.[1] face that had great clarity, no intrinsic meaning in its form, and could be used on Haas’ Normal Grotesk. The aim of the new design was to create a neutral type- called Neue Haas Grotesk, its design was based on Schelter-Grotesk and compete with the successful Akzidenz-Grotesk in the Swiss market. Originally stein, Switzerland. Haas set out to design a new sans-serif typeface that could Hoffmann at the Haas’sche Schriftgiesserei (Haas type foundry) of München- H elvetica was developed in 1957 by Max Miedinger with Eduard Helvetica LT CondensedBlack A B C D E F G H I J K L M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z p q r s t u v w x y z REGULAR italic Helvetica Greek Upright A B C D E F G H I J K L M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z p q r s t u v w x y z ITALIC bold italic Helvetica Neue LT 23 UltLtEx A B C D E F G H I J K L M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z q r s t u v w x y z REGULAR oblique Helvetica Rounded LT Std A B C D E F G H I J K L M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z p q r s t u v w x y z BOLD bold condensed oblique HelveticaNeue LT 35 Thin italic Helvetica Textbook LT Roman HelveticaCyr Upright bold HelveticaNeue LT 35 Thin HelveticaRounded LT BoldCn HelveticaCyr Upright italic HelveticaNeue LT 33 ThinEx oblique HelveticaRounded LT Bold HelveticaCyr Upright HelveticaNeue LT 33 ThinEx Helvetica World bold italic HelveticaNeue LT 97 BlackCn HelveticaNeue LT 27 UltLtCn oblique Helvetica World bold HelveticaNeue LT 95 Black HelveticaNeue LT 27 UltLtCn Helvetica World italic HelveticaNeue LT 93 BlackEx HelveticaNeue LT 75 BdOutline HelveticaNeue LT 25 UltLight italic Helvetica World HelveticaNeue LT 67 MdCn HelveticaNeue LT 25 UltLight Helvetica Rounded LT STD black HelveticaNeue LT 65 Medium HelveticaNeue LT 23 UltLtEx oblique Helvetica Rounded LT STD bold HelveticaNeue LT 63 MdEx HelveticaNeue LT 23 UltLtEx Helvetica Rounded LT STD bold condensed HelveticaNeue LT 57 Cn HelveticaNeue LT 107 XBlkCn oblique Helvetica Neue LT STD 27 ultra light condensed oblique HelveticaNeue LT 55 Roman HelveticaNeue LT 107 XBlkCn Helvetica Neue LT STD 27 ultra light condensed HelveticaNeue LT 53 Ex HelveticaInseratCyr Upright Helvetica Neue LT STD 37 thin condensed oblique HelveticaInserat LT HelveticaNeue LT 47 LightCn Helvetica Neue LT STD 37 thin condensed HelveticaGreek Upright bold italic HelveticaNeue LT 43 Light Helvetica Neue LT Pro 36 thin italic HelveticaGreek Upright bold HelveticaNeue LT 43 LightEx oblique Helvetica Neue LT Pro 33 thin ext oblique HelveticaNeue LT 43 LightEx HelveticaGreek Upright italic Helvetica Neue LT Pro 37 thin condensed HelveticaNeue LT 37 ThinCn oblique HelveticaGreek Upright Helvetica Neue LT Pro 35 thin HelveticaNeue LT 37 ThinCn HelveticaCyr Upright bold italic Helvetica Neue LT Pro 33 thin ext Helvetica Neue LT 55 Roman A B C D E F G H I J K L M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z q r s t u v w x y z REGULAR bold italic Helvetica Neue LT 75 BdOutline A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H .
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