Question

Helvetica Eduard Hoffmann, the director of the Haas’sche Schriftgießerei, commissioned Max Miedinger to develop a new sans-serif typeface that had great clarity, no intrinsic meaning in its form, and could be used on a wide variety of signage. In 1957 the Haas-Grotesk face was introduced. Three years later the typeface was renamed Helvetica.

Accepted Answer

Single, uniformed line weight.Vertical or horizontal terminations on strokes, never diagonal.Bowl of lowercase “a” closely resembles a teardrop.

Name	Helvetica
Characteristics	Single, uniformed line weight. Vertical or horizontal terminations on strokes, never diagonal. Bowl of lowercase “a” closely resembles a teardrop.
History	Eduard Hoffmann, the director of the Haas’sche Schriftgießerei, commissioned Max Miedinger to develop a new sans-serif typeface that had great clarity, no intrinsic meaning in its form, and could be used on a wide variety of signage. In 1957 the Haas-Grotesk face was introduced. Three years later the typeface was renamed Helvetica.

Typeface Helvetica Single Uniformed Line Weight Vertical Horizontal