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Behind the process of Helvetica’s 21-century facelift - The Verge

theverge.com/2019/4/9/18302057/helvetica-now-new-monotype-typeface-charles-nix-design-optical-sizes-alternate-characters

Helvetica is one of the most well-known and often-used typefaces, and it just got a big refresh. The new version is called Helvetica Now. To learn more about what’s different and new in Helvetica Now, we spoke with Charles Nix, the type director at Monotype.

• type_design, tag
• font, tag
• helvetica, tag
• weight, tag
• optical_sizes, tag
• ·5 years ago

Optical Adjustment – Luke Jones – Medium

medium.com/@lukejones/optical-adjustment-b55492a1165c

In my early days as a designer, I relied on Photoshop or CSS to tell me whether something was right or wrong. If Photoshop indicated that two shapes were aligned, then they were aligned. If two…

• adjustment, tag
• optical, tag
• design, tag
• logic, tag
• overshoot, tag
• optical_sizes, tag
• correction, tag
• ·7 years ago

Typographic Potential of Variable Fonts | Alphabettes

alphabettes.org/responsive-variable-fonts/

• type_design, tag
• variable, tag
• optical_sizes, tag
• programming, tag
• font_engineering, tag
• typography, tag
• ·7 years ago