In the past, the typeface struggled to be legible at tiny sizes because of its compactness and closed apertures. The Micro sizes address an issue Helvetica has long faced – that of being ‘micro type challenged’. The larger Display versions are drawn to show off the subtlety of Helvetica and spaced with headlines in mind, while the Text sizes focus on legibility, using robust strokes and comfortably loose spaces. Each one has been carefully tailored to the demands of its size. Helvetica Now comprises 48 fonts, consisting of three distinct optical sizes: Micro, Text and Display. The font is currently #2 in Best Sellers.Įvery single glyph of Helvetica has been redrawn and redesigned for this expansive new edition – which preserves the typeface’s Swiss mantra of clarity, simplicity and neutrality, while updating it for the demands of contemporary design and branding. Helvetica Now contains 48 styles and family package options.
“The release of Helvetica Now insures that it will be a typographic force for decades to come.Helvetica Now was designed by Max Miedinger, Charles Nix, Monotype Studio, Jan Hendrik Weber and published by Monotype. “For more than six decades, Helvetica has been the essential typeface,” says Monotype Type Director Charles Nix. Helvetica Now 2.0 is, quite simply, more: more versatility more power and more creative possibilities. The new Condensed weights put more type into smaller spaces-for intense emphasis, sophisticated contrast, or just everyday space-fitting. There’s also an extensive set of alternates, which allow designers the opportunity to experiment with and adapt Helvetica’s tone of voice. Helvetica Now’s Micro designs are simplified and exaggerated to maintain the impression of Helvetica in tiny type. Now.Įach one of the Helvetica Now static fonts has been carefully tailored to the demands of its size.
Load one file and access a million fonts-in a fraction of the size of a traditional font family. Its single font file makes it easier to use and wickedly fast. Create infinite shades of expression, incredible typographic animations, and ultra-refined typography. Use it as an extension of the Helvetica Now family or make custom-blends from its weights (Hairline to ExtraBlack), optical sizes (four point to infinity), and new Compressed and Condensed widths. Helvetica Now Variable gives you over a million new Helvetica styles in one state-of-the-art font file (over two-and-a-half million with italics!). The Helvetica Now Variable fonts include even more: 144 instances-48 normal, 48 condensed, and 48 compressed.
Helvetica Now 2.0 includes 96 fonts in three distinct optical sizes (Micro, Text, and Display), now with 48 new condensed weights. In this 2021 release, we introduce Helvetica Now Variable and add condensed weights to the Helvetica Now static fonts. Helvetica Now 2.0 builds on the groundbreaking work of 2019’s Helvetica Now release-all of the clarity, simplicity, and neutrality of classic Helvetica with everything 21st-century designers need. Helvetica Now Variable contains 2 styles and family package options Helvetica Now Variable was designed by Max Miedinger, Charles Nix, Monotype Studio, Friedrich Althausen, Malou Verlomme, Jan Hendrik Weber, Emilios Theofanous and published by Monotype.
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