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Re:So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? by pasta on Friday August 31, 2018 @05:06AM (#17884054)
Arial:

"It was created to be metrically identical to the popular typeface Helvetica, with all character widths identical, so that a document designed in Helvetica could be displayed and printed correctly without having to pay for a Helvetica license."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial

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Re:So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? by M_Bakhtiari on Friday August 31, 2018 @05:47AM (#17884214)
I wonder why they had to make it gratuitously different on top of it. What the hell were they smoking when they made the t and G?
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Re:So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? by tomcooks on Friday August 31, 2018 @06:04AM (#17884281)
They were smoking possible lawsuits from Haas Type Foundry or whomever was the legit owner Helvetica at the time.
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Re:So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? by slededit on Saturday September 01, 2018 @04:54PM (#17893834)
Glyphs aren't copyrightable. Only the programs that draw them - but MSFT can write their own fonts.
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Re:So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? by salasrod on Friday August 31, 2018 @10:34AM (#17885902)
Monotype is the owner right now.
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Re:So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? by mygo on Friday August 31, 2018 @06:09AM (#17884305)
it shared many exact characteristics of helvetica. if it didn’t have any hairy arms, then it would be helvetica.
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Re:So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? by throwaway2048 on Friday August 31, 2018 @08:42AM (#17885041)
the stupid slanted end bits on letters like c s and r are also really crap.
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