Why I hate Helvetica (Destiny)

by kapowaz, Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 11:18 (3548 days ago) @ Mars

I'm not going to deny that Helvetica's a fantastic font with a very rich history, but in some cases it feels very over played, especially in this design era of minimalism.

I am particularly unhappy that OS X Yosemite will be switching the system font to Helvetica Neue for similar reasons. I actually rather liked Lucida Grande!

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DESTINY Font? - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 06:14
- DESTINY Font? - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 06:38
  - DESTINY Font? - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 06:43
    - NP :) - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 06:44
  - DESTINY Font? - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 06:49
    - DESTINY Font? - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 07:04
      - DESTINY Font? - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 07:09
        
        Go For It! - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 07:11
        
        Go For It! - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 07:12
    - OM NOM NOM. - INSANEdrive, 2014-08-20, 08:21
      - +1 - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 08:22
      - OM NOM NOM. - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-08-20, 13:42
        
        OM NOM NOM. - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 13:45
        
        Thanx! - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-08-20, 13:47
        
        NP :) - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 13:49
  - Look what I came across just now! - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 07:25
    - Futura and sci-fi… - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 07:56
      - Futura and sci-fi… - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 08:00
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 08:07
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 08:11
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - Kermit, 2014-08-20, 09:15
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 09:17
      - Futura and sci-fi… - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 08:11
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 08:15
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 08:20
        
        If... - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 08:27
        
        If... - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 08:32
        
        If... - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 08:34
        
        Why I hate Helvetica - Mars, 2014-08-20, 11:05
        
        Why I hate Helvetica - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 11:18
        
        Indeed - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 11:29
        
        Why I hate Helvetica - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 11:23
      - Futura and sci-fi… - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 08:18
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 08:26
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 08:34
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 08:46
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 08:56
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 09:09
        
        Compare - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 09:34
        
        Compare - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 10:09
        
        Aha :) - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 10:14
        
        D'oh! - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 09:07
        
        D'oh! - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 09:10
      - Futura and sci-fi… - Mars, 2014-08-20, 09:19
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - Kermit, 2014-08-20, 09:37
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 09:44
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 09:49
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 09:51
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - Kermit, 2014-08-20, 09:51
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 10:06
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 09:38
        
        Cool! - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 09:39
        
        Futura and sci-fi… - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 09:40
        
        Those pairings, doe... - Mars, 2014-08-20, 10:53
        
        Destiny Fonts - Evil Otto, 2014-08-20, 13:34
        
        Destiny Fonts - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 13:40
        
        Destiny Fonts - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 13:41
        
        Destiny Fonts - Kermit, 2014-08-20, 14:01
        
        Epoca Pro - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 14:08
        
        Destiny Fonts - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 15:11
        
        Destiny Fonts - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 17:43
- This thread. - ZackDark, 2014-08-20, 08:12
  - +1 - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 08:16
- DESTINY Font? - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 09:25
  - It's All Good :) - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 09:37
  - Who knew how many typography nerds hung out here? - kapowaz, 2014-08-20, 12:24
    - Who knew how many typography nerds hung out here? - DaDerga, 2014-08-20, 12:41
    - Who knew how many typography nerds hung out here? - Kermit, 2014-08-20, 12:56
      - Who knew how many typography nerds hung out here? - PackLeader89, 2014-08-20, 13:51
      - Who knew how many typography nerds hung out here? - narcogen, 2014-08-21, 06:09
        
        Who knew how many typography nerds hung out here? - DaDerga, 2014-08-21, 06:40
        
        Who knew how many typography nerds hung out here? - kapowaz, 2014-08-21, 06:46
        
        Who knew how many typography nerds hung out here? - DaDerga, 2014-08-21, 07:20
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