MetaFilter posts tagged with arial

Which One Is the Original?

netbros — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:47:49 -0800

So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Take 20 logos that were originally designed in Helvetica, and redo them in Arial. Some people would call that blasphemy. Instead, call it a challenge: can you tell which is the original and which is the remake?

Spoiler: This time, Comic Sans does NOT save the day. Good.

wendell — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:55:24 -0800

FONT FIGHT! the long-awaited (by me and other fontaholics) follow-up to Font Conference. Better than the first IMO, but I'm sure we can still take issue with some of the 'characters'. Interestingly, in the previous thread, I suggested Tahoma as a Native American, along with a bunch of other font ideas they didn't use (they made Playbill a Cowboy? I can think of better Western-ish fonts - am I the only one who's heard of Gold Rush?). via Neatorama and Miss Cellania because I'm too cool to check out the videos at CollegeHumor.com myself.

The Scourge of Arial

Robot Johnny — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 12:35:38 -0800

The Scourge of Arial. It has spread like a virus through the typographic landscape and illustrates the pervasiveness of Microsoft's influence in the world. Arial, however, has a rather dubious history and not much character. In fact, Arial is little more than a shameless impostor...

Beautiful saturation

moonbird — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:58:20 -0800

The stunning photography of Yann Bertrand.

Once there was a typeface called Helvetica

btwillig — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 19:19:58 -0800

Arial or Helvetica?