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Arial or Helvetica?

Arial or Helvetica, can you tell the difference?

Posted on December 8th, 2003 at 11:39 pm and filed under Typography.

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  1. Lara December 9th, 2003 at 10:08 am (Permalink)

    Great test, I failed…

    I always thought I could tell the difference between the two, but the only question I got right was the Microsoft one… Interesting really, am going to have to pass that exam around to a few die hard Helvetica friends.

  2. Chris December 9th, 2003 at 1:27 pm (Permalink)

    Yeah, I only got 4 right… and 3 were blind guesses. :)

    I’m curious to see how others did. :)

  3. Colin D. Devroe December 9th, 2003 at 4:34 pm (Permalink)

    I failed. I thought that this one time in my life I might be able to succeed at something. But now I know, I am a complete and utter failure. Thanks.

  4. Chris December 9th, 2003 at 11:09 pm (Permalink)

    Yep, it’s definately harder than it looks and sounds. I was reading one blog earlier today where the author had got all 10 right… whether or not they were guesses and/or refreshes I don’t know.

    Very good eye for typography if they didn’t cheat though!

  5. Chris December 11th, 2003 at 11:09 pm (Permalink)

    2nd time round, and this time more awake, I managed 9/10 without any cheating.

    PING:
    TITLE: Arial Spotting
    BLOG NAME: twenty4.org
    As a follow-up to Arial or Helvetica?, Mark Simonson tells us How To Spot Arial. A very informative little article via Mr. Zeldman….

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