Helvetica is celebrated and loathed for its ubiquity. Now, the 62-year-old font is getting a face lift for the digital age. Jim Davis/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption ...

Helvetica was dreamed up as a universal typeface in 1957 and it’s still incredibly popular –you see it on everything from clever T-shirts to NYC subway signs. But there are all sorts of things ...

“Helvetica is like water,” says a recent video about the most popular typeface in the world. The 62-year-old font family, with its sans-serif shapes and clean corners, is ubiquitous. It is ...

I guess Apple didn’t see the movie (or maybe they did). Anyway, the guys over at CreativeTechs have uncovered the fact that, with the release of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), Apple is now insistent ...

Neue Haas Grotesk, the original name for Helvetica, was initially produced for typesetting by hand in a range of sizes from 5 to 72 points, but Schwartz notes, "the digital Helvetica has always ...

Helvetica, by contrast, remains bold and obvious, even in point sizes below 12. In other words, it's bold and easy to read for a real, physical reason, not just because it's trendy.

Helvetica, the Typeface So Beloved It Has Its Own Documentary, Is Getting a Makeover for the Internet Age Helvetica has been redesigned with smartphones in mind. Film still from Helvetica (2007), USA.

The Helvetica font family is everywhere.It’s used on everything from subway signage to federal tax forms to advertisements for a diverse group of companies, including Harley-Davidson, Oral-B ...

Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica movie would suggest you do. His film examines how the font took over the world, opening with shots of the font in Manhattan–on the Times Square tkts booth ...

It was “Univers with a heart, Helvetica with a soul,” as the designers Beatriz Cifuentes and Yoshiki Waterhouse said in a release today. Unfortunately, it was also destined to die an early death.

Helvetica Helvetica Helvetica! Well, here are a handful of designers who’d like to say a few words about another classic font; let’s get to know Times New Roman, shall we?