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Re:So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? by simongr3dal on Friday August 31, 2018 @06:51AM (#17884461)
It's very subtle and more pronounced in the other logos shown, but the horizontal line in the "A" is closer to the baseline in Helvetica than in Arial.
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Re:So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? by chrisWhite on Friday August 31, 2018 @01:33PM (#17887394)
This probably is more to do with recreating the logo imperfectly than the font itself but the kernning was way off on the Arial version.
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Re:So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? by jsjohnst on Friday August 31, 2018 @12:52PM (#17887045)
Exactly what I used for reference to decide as well (got 20/20).
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