Helvetica Now marks the typeface's first redesign since 1982's Helvetica Neue Courtesy of Monotype. ... Bold and Black) has its faults: ... "Mono," "Display" and "Text" Courtesy of Monotype.

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, 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 as often a “safe choice” for anyone who is too afraid or too lazy to choose something else. The main mistakes I see in its use have to do with a misunderstanding of functionality or ...

Go to The Atlantic homepage and you'll find a mix: Times New Roman bold, Helvetica Neue, and Arial. (And then there's The Atlantic logo, which, in fact, we modified slightly last year.