A few words about the typeface
This web site utilizes variations of the typeface Helvetica. Helvetica was developed in 1957 by Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann at the Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei (Haas type foundry) of Münchenstein, Switzerland. Originally called Die Neue Haas Grotesk, it was derived from Schelter-Grotesk. The aim of the new design was to create a neutral typeface that had great clarity, no intrinsic formal meaning, and could be used for a wide variety of purposes.
In 1960, the typeface's name was changed by Haas' German parent company Stempel to Helvetica – derived from Confoederatio Helvetica, the Latin name for Switzerland – in order to make it more marketable internationally.
Helvetica is among the most widely used sans-serif typefaces. Versions exist for the following alphabets/scripts: Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Urdu, Khmer and Vietnamese. Chinese faces have been developed to complement Helvetica.
Note: Computers not loaded with Helvetica will default to Arial, a similar typeface designed in 1982 by Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders for Monotype Typography, and widely packaged with Microsoft and Apple software and OS.
