This font is available in eight weights with their italic equivalents. Nevertheless, it remains a modern classic. Originally named Die Neue Haas Grotesk and created to compete with Akzidenz-Grotesk, it represents the Swiss style of graphic design from the 1950s, but its widespread appearance in virtually every design context has resulted in the typeface becoming somewhat homogenised, and it has been re-imagined in various (inferior) forms such as Arial. Thanks to its generous usage by what seems like every designer in existence, the typeface has achieved legendary status its name and style known to the general public as well as type aficionados.
It's clean, and highly legible, even in small print, with good spacing The sans-serif typeface has long been considered one of the best fonts for websites, its confident lines offering a quiet but bold presence on the page. It seems almost impossible to discuss the subject of typography without mentioning Helvetica.
