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Swiss typographer Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann designed the typeface in 1957 at the Haas Type Foundry. They originally named it Neue Haas Grotesk.
In 1960, the foundry renamed the font Helvetica (derived from Helvetia, the Latin name for Switzerland). They made this change to increase its appeal for international marketing.
The designers built the typeface to embody the International Typographic Style, also known as Swiss Design.
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Helvetica
All 7 styles in this font
Helvetica Character Map
Is Helvetica free for commercial use?
Free for Personal Use No. Helvetica is free for personal use. The font file does not give permission for commercial use, so for logos, products or client work, get a commercial license from the designer first.
Helvetica is a sans serif font (2006).
Helvetica Font Details
- Year: 2006 (from the copyright line in the font)
- Category: Sans serif font
- Font styles: 7 (Helvetica, Helvetica Compressed, Helvetica Light, Helvetica Rounded Bold, Helvetica Bold, Bold Oblique and Oblique)
- Weights: Regular (400) to Bold (700)
- Glyphs: 2,197 in the Regular style
- Characters: A–Z, a–z, 0–9 and basic punctuation
- Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian, plus Greek and Cyrillic characters
- OpenType features: Ligatures
- Extra characters: 11 copy-and-paste alternates (Private Use Area)
- Kerning: Built in
- Version: 10.0d4e1
- Download: Free ZIP (733.5 KB) with five TTF and two OTF files
