The Helvetica Killer
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- realist0
H. Berthold AG for life
- MartinF0
If you strike it down, it will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
- ukit0
- superunknown0
This thread needs more lolcats and naked chicks
- stewdio0
Oh F. I find this post offensive. That lowercase 'a' alone is enough to make my stomach curdle. What the hell is with the lowercase 's'?? This typeface is ugly and supporting the hype of it is irresponsible. It's gross. We know it. "Helvetica killer" my ass.
To be fair to @Continuity, I've enjoyed a lot of your posts and this is simply out of character for you ;)
- what's wrong with the s? what's wrong with the a?bigtrick
- The terminals on the s are at whacky angles ...Continuity
- ... and the a looks like the bastard child of Franklin Gothic and a flaccid Smurf.Continuity
- the a's and s's are the work of a devil somewhere who licenses fonts for cheap to Microsoft...vaxorcist
- Continuity0
I think I did it more to take the piss, than anything else. :D
Like I said, Aktiv leaves me pretty cold; especially that lowercase 'a'.
- marychain0
Aktiv is ugly.
keep moving
- JazX0
Didn't they kill Akzidenz Grotesk too...?
- TheBlueOne0
You cannot kill Helvetica.
- Continuity0
I'm not particularly fond of Aktiv; some of the shapes are close to Franklin Gothic (which I despise), especially the lowercase a.
- dbloc0
Aktiv doesn't show up on my iPhone.
- bored2death0
gimme a break
- drgz0
Let's discuss this
- dbloc0
we can't even get rid of Arial. I don't think Hel is going anywhere.
- TheBlueOne0
I thought Galaxie Polaris & Akkurat killed Helvetica in 2004?
- I thought Erik killed it with Meta.monospaced
- Erik tried. The was not The Chosen One after all.Continuity
- monospaced0
How can they kill Helvetica with a typeface that, at first glance, looks like Helvetica?
- Likely the product of a very, very jealous type designer who wanted a slice of Swiss Fame®Continuity
- It stays.ETM