Stempel AG redesigned and digitized the “Neue Helvetica™” typeface for Linotype and made it a self-contained font family. Over the years, Helvetica™ was expanded to include many different weights, but these were not coordinated with each other. government, most notably on federal income tax forms, and NASA selected the type for the space shuttle orbiters. Apple has incorporated Helvetica in the iOS® platform and the iPod® device. Helvetica is among the most widely used sans serif typefaces and has been a popular choice for corporate logos, including those for 3M, American Airlines, American Apparel, BMW, Jeep, JCPenney, Lufthansa, Microsoft, Mitsubishi Electric, Orange, Target, Toyota, Panasonic, Motorola, Kawasaki and Verizon Wireless. Please contact alt.TYPE for purchase options. Helvetica family pack comprises 28 weights: Helvetica® Std Light,Light Oblique,Roman,Oblique,Bold,Bold Oblique,Black,Black Oblique,Light Condensed,Light Condensed Oblique,Condensed,Condensed Oblique,Bold Condensed,Bold Condensed Oblique,Black Condensed,Black Condensed Oblique,Compressed,Extra Compressed,Ultra Compressed,Inserat Roman,Rounded Bold,Rounded Bold Oblique,Rounded Black,Rounded Black Oblique,Rounded Bold Condensed,Rounded Bold Condensed Oblique,Fractions Roman & Fractions Bold.
In 1960 the name was changed to Helvetica (an adaptation of “Helvetia”, the Latin name for Switzerland).
The original typeface was called Neue Haas Grotesk, and was designed in 1957 by Max Miedinger for the Haas’sche Schriftgiesserei (Haas Type Foundry) in Switzerland.
It lends an air of lucid efficiency to any typographic message with its clean, no-nonsense shapes. Helvetica is one of the most famous and popular typefaces in the world.