It was created by Swiss graphic designer Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann at the Haas’sche Schriftgießerei (Haas type foundry) of Münchenstein, Switzerland. Haas set out to design a new sans-serif typeface that could compete with Akzidenz Grotesk in the Swiss market. Originally called Neue Haas Grotesk, the typeface's name was changed by Haas' German parent company Stempel in 1960 to Helvetica (from Helvetia, Latin for Switzerland) to make it more marketable internationally.
Helvetica is used widely today. Personally, I prefer Arial as a font.
In government, we use Times New Roman as the font in all our printed material.
See also BBC News magazine.
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I left work and went home at 1pm today as I wasn't feeling too well (should not have gone to work in the first place). I had a nap in the afternoon on the couch (and missing Keiser).
This evening, Emily came over and we had Saltbush lamb sausages with Bintje potato mash, and peas. Tonight, we are catching up on Prison Break and Heroes from last night.
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