what FONT is this?
what FONT is this?
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MS didn't use helvetica for two reasons:
1) licensing. it was cheaper for them to create a new font.
2) built for speed. Arial, while ugly at large point sizes, is excelent at screen resolution and its splines are few to make for quick rendering. when you build your entire OS around a font, you obviously want it to be lightweight and fast. Helvetica isn't, it's not made for the screen.
that said, Microsoft's type lab is full of brilliant people. don't hate.