This typeface appeared in the 1957 under the name of Neue Haas Grotesk, designed by Max Miedinger for Haas’sche Schriftgiesserei in Switzerland. Walter Cunz was to change it from Helvetica which means Switzerland in Latin as D. Stempel AG one of Haas’ major shareholders was able to redesign it and get the approval for Linotype GmbH to use it.
Linotype GmbH introduced it as a series of fonts, and Mergenthaler Linotype Company of New York, which was a significant shareholder of Linotype, adopted it; this became one of the world’s most recognized sanserifs and even outlasted Futura.
Helvetica was planned to be a strong general series, with extended and condensed subseries and very bold weights to be gradually added in the future, consistent with the Linotype technical and commercial concepts; however, it led to the fact that the weights were not properly coordinated within the series.
Due to Linotype’s restrictions, there can be noted a number of unofficial versions of Helvetica that cannot be qualified as enhancements.
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These are fonts that are free like Helvetica Italic. We did our best to find the most suitable fonts in the Helvetica Italic font family.
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Helvetica Ultra Light Italic – [Work Sans Thin Italic]
Helvetica Thin Italic – [Elliot Sans Light Italic]
Helvetica Light Italic – [Libre Franklin Light Italic]
Helvetica Italic – [Free Sans Italic]
Helvetica Bold Italic – [Free Sans Bold Italic]
Helvetica Black Italic – [OPTIAlpine Bold Italic]
Conclusion
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