The name was changed to Helvetica (an adaptation of Helvetia, the Latin name for Switzerland) by Walter Cunz when D. Stempel AG, a major stockholder in Haas, reworked the design for Linotype GmbH in Frankfurt, a major stockholder in Stempel. The Mergenthaler Linotype Company in New York, then a major stockholder of Linotype GmbH, adopted the design, and it rapidly became the most popular sanserif in the world, replacing Futura.
Helvetica is designed as a strong central series, with condensed and extended forms and extreme weights adapted and added later, a system which suited Linotype mechanical limitations and marketing philosophy, but which resulted in a family of weights that were not as well coordinated as they might have been.
Linotype's limited licensing forced a large number of unauthorized copies of Helvetica, none of which may be viewed as an improvement.
Font Family:
· Helvetica Light
· Helvetica Light Oblique
· Helvetica Regular
· Helvetica Oblique
· Helvetica Bold
· Helvetica Bold Oblique
· Helvetica Black
· Helvetica Black Oblique
· Helvetica Light Condensed
· Helvetica Light Condensed Oblique
· Helvetica Condensed
· Helvetica Condensed Oblique
· Helvetica Bold Condensed
· Helvetica Bold Condensed Oblique
· Helvetica Black Condensed
· Helvetica Black Condensed Oblique
· Helvetica Compressed
· Helvetica Extra Compressed
· Helvetica Ultra Compressed
· Helvetica Inserat Roman
· Helvetica Narrow Roman
· Helvetica Narrow Oblique
· Helvetica Narrow Bold
· Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique
· Helvetica Rounded Bold
· Helvetica Rounded Bold Oblique
· Helvetica Rounded Black
· Helvetica Rounded Black Oblique
· Helvetica Rounded Bold Condensed
· Helvetica Rounded Bold Condensed Oblique
· Helvetica Textbook Roman
· Helvetica Textbook Oblique
· Helvetica Textbook Bold
· Helvetica Textbook Bold Oblique
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