You know how much I love Helvetica. But maybe, just maybe I found a font that's even better. Through AisleOne, I found Neue Haas Grotesk, a newly improved digitized version of the original Helvetica font (which was first called Neue Haas Grotesk) designed in the 1950s.
According to this site, the digital version of Helvetica has some little quirks to it. It's not quite "just so." Neue Haas Grotesk, the updated digital version, got rid of these things for an even better Helvetica than we've had access to before.
Even I probably couldn't tell the difference between Helvetica and Neue Haas Grotesk if I saw a page of each at a glance, but the differences are important even though they're subtle. And those little differences can be what separates good design from great design. I certainly don't have $616 lying around to buy this font. But it's simply beautiful type all right.
If I didn't have you convinced that I'm a crazy type nerd, I probably do now. What do you think of this font, though? Do you think it's ridiculous to improve a digital version of a font from the 1950s, or does it make sense?
1 comments:
$616!? Whoa.
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