Helvetica Now marks the typeface's first redesign since 1982's Helvetica Neue Courtesy of Monotype The world’s most popular typeface has a new look: Helvetica Now. Four years in the making, it’s the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's Typography Week, and we're delving into the the history of sans serif, one of the most iconic typefaces in use today.

This is the second excerpt from Just My Type. To read the first, “The 8 Worst Fonts in the World,” go here. What is it about the Swiss? Or, to be precise: what is it about the Swiss and their sans ...

“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 used on the ...

It’s the typeface that greets you on your tax forms. It announces MBTA station stops. Its sans-serif letters glow in the night outside Target and CVS. In the world of typography, Helvetica is as ...

Developed in 1957 and instantly popular around the world, Helvetica is the most commonly used typeface in the history of the printed word. Simple, universally ...

In 2007’s Helvetica, a feature film daringly organised around the sheer preponderance of one typeface, director Gary Hustwit pointed his lens at an urban landscape that has become dominated by the ...

This guideline explains how to use typography across BBC online. It covers guidance on BBC Reith, and for teams still using Helvetica. Contributors The BBC has its own typeface 'BBC Reith' which must ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you're embarking on a new creative project, typography design is one of the most important things to consider. But with so ...

Mike Parker who helped popularise Helvetica died this week. You won't find a graphic designer who isn't familiar with the typeface (released in 1957 under its original name Neue Haas Grotesk). But ...