March 2007
arial or helvetica? | a quiz from iliveonyourvisits.com
by 1 otherOnce there was a typeface called Helvetica.
It was extremely popular.
Later came a software company called Microsoft.
They “borrowed” Helvetica for their operating system and called it Arial.
This inferior typeface is now on millions of desktops all over the world.
Can you tell the difference between the original and the rip-off
in these ten examples?
November 2004
Code Style: Windows font survey results
by 3 othersWindows font survey results
How sure can you be that the font you specify will be present on the end user's machine? The results below are the latest periodic snapshot of the Code Style Windows font survey and should give you greater confidence in selecting a font. Use the article feedback form below if you want to be alerted to future updates.
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