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Helvetica Neue Manager Widened Crossbars T F X Height

Name Helvetica Neue
Characteristics
Widened crossbars on “t” and “f”.
X-height adjusted to be visually simillar across weights.
Capital “M” extended to improve balance and aesthetics.
History
Neue Helvetica is a reworking of the typeface with a more structurally unified set of heights and widths. It was developed at D. Stempel AG, a Linotype subsidiary. The studio manager was Wolfgang Schimpf, and his assistant was Reinhard Haus; the manager of the project was René Kerfante. Erik Spiekermann was the design consultant and designed the literature for the launch in 1983. Other changes include improved legibility, heavier punctuation marks, and increased spacing in the numbers.

refer to Helvetica for original history

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