When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lars Müller is fascinated by the sans serif font. Following the highly successful Helvetica: ...

Editor’s Note: Regular readers of RD may notice that the following essay is presented in the Helvetica typeface, save for the brief mention of the Charlemagne STD typeface in “Tab Two.” Two tabs. One ...

Few typefaces have achieved household name status. Times New Roman? Sure. Comic Sans? Maybe. Helvetica—definitely. So when it came to updating the famed sans-serif developed by Swiss designer Max ...

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 ...

It's Typography Week, and we're delving into the the history of sans serif, one of the most iconic typefaces in use today. Literally translating to ‘without serif’, this typeface can be mapped to ...

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 ...

LONDON — Cyrus Highsmith set himself a challenge: to avoid the typeface Helvetica for a day. He banned himself from buying anything branded in that font and from traveling on any form of transport ...

The Helvetica typeface turns 60 this year – a fact something only typography students might mark were it not for its ubiquity. Simply put, its how we have come to navigate the modern world. The ...