Daya daga cikin irin abubuwa mafi amfani kuma mafi amfani a duk duniya shine Helvetica, tushen palo seco ba tare da kammalawa ba kuma ana kiransa a ba tare da serif. An ƙirƙira shi a tsakiyar karni na 1957, ƙari musamman a cikin XNUMX a Basel (Switzerland) ta zanen Max Miedinger wanda Edouard Hoffmann na Hass Foundry ya ba da umarni.
An tsara shi bisa irin abubuwa riga ya wanzu a lokacinsa kamar wanda aka sani da suna Akzidenz Grotesk wanda aka kirkira a shekarar 1896.
Sunanka, Helvetica, ya fito daga zahirin magana na "Swiss" a cikin sunan Latin, kodayake a ƙa'ida ana kiransa Neue Haas Grotesk har sai da Stempel Foundry ya sami haƙƙoƙin kuma ya canza sunan zuwa na yanzu.
A cikin 1983, Linotype da Stempel Foundry sun sake tsara wannan adabi ƙirƙirar sababbin faɗi da nauyi mafi na yanzu a lokacin kiranta Neue Helvetica.
A cikin shekarun sittin shahararsa da amfani sun haɓaka musamman, wanda shine mafi yawan amfani dashi don hotunan alamun kamfanoni a cikin shekarun 60 da 70, musamman a ƙasar Switzerland. Ya ci gaba da zama fuente amfani da mafi yawan fastoci birni da alamomi da suka bazu zuwa sauran manyan biranen duniya.
A yanzu kamfani ne Linotype wanda ke kula da lasisi na gidan Helvetica da duk ire-iren wannan wanda ya samo asali tun lokacin da aka halicce shi.
hotuna: Alamar aiki, wikipedia, tafi