Helvetica or Arial?
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- 5dp0
I'm a big fan of ARIAL. I don't like helvetica's "R's" etc...
-clink'
- jox0
for the sake of my career, I refuse to answer
- 5dp0
All my other Graphic Design buddies like Helvetica
-clink
- vena0
wow what a retarded quiz. i got 8/10 by clicking randomly. the major differences in arial and helvetica only come out in print. arial is a screen font, hence its inception by microsoft.
- Gorbie0
The only one I didn't get was the 'WINDOWS' in all caps.
But I just typed those in side-by-side in illustrator, and both look indentical.
Except for the spacing. Which wouldn't translate to the way the test was presented.
- DL0
Arial is like a 5 dolla hoe. It's good for a quick lay.
- Gorbie0
Vena!
You came out of hibernation to make that response!?
- vena0
it's an extremely simplified font, which is why it breaks down at large print sizes. however, being extremely simplified has its advantages when your computer is being asked to draw it from vector often (as was its purpose).
microsoft's type lab are smart people, they didn't just make arial on a whim.
- unknown0
Niether...Futura.
- err0
Well put DL!
- DL0
"love you long time"
-Arial
- monNom0
8/10
the WINDOWS one was damned hard.
I like arial, because it looks nicer as a screen font... and there's not a whole hell of a lot of difference between them anyways, they do LOOK the same, even if the letterforms of some letters are a bit tweeked.
- 5dp0
9/10 Suckas
-clink'
- 4cY0
8/10
and I cheated...
;)
- gabe0
9/10
- Gorbie0
I understand Arial's purpose, vena. The point is that there are very few differences (on screen).
Actually the only way I could tell, was by the hacked-off terminals and ascenders of Arial. (see 't').
burp.
- gabe0
same one i missed gorbie!
- robot90
6/10, but I thought most of them looked alot like Verdana.
- vena0
gorbie: i'm pretty much referring to the author of that quiz and DL here for being print weenies ignorant of the difference between paper and screen :)
- Gorbie0
Yes, they do.
At 7px in your browser.