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The Helvetica font has turned 50 years old today. Helvetica was created by Miedinger with E.Hoffmann in Switzerland. Originally called Neue Haas Grotesk, the typeface’s name was changed by Haas’ German parent company Stempel in 1960 to Helvetica — derived from Helvetia, the Latin name for Switzerland — in order to make it more marketable internationally. Helvetica is now among the most widely used sans-serif typefaces internationally.

Helvetica VS Arial Flash Game
Here is a nice flash game Helvetica VS Arial, where you take the role of Helvetica and beat the Arial ;)

Source: BBC News

DesignerInAction has a nice collection of free fonts for Web Designers. Their collection is not a lot like other sites (some sites have too many fonts until you do not know which one to download) but they have the nice fonts that web designers really need. Though the site is in German, it should not be an obstacle to browse the fonts section.

UrbanFonts.com is a great new free font archive but with a twist…. It’s organized as a commercial font foundry with plenty of interactive features. The site carries over 8,000 free fonts and dingbats for PC and MAC without annoying pop up ads or obtrusive advertisement. Fonts and dingbats are neatly categorized with large custom color previews. The site also has a blog, a forum, and an articles section where you can read about fonts and typography. It’s neatly packages in a web 2.0 style with tags to find the top searched fonts. You can also submit your fonts. Continue reading →

Free fonts from designer Jess Latham at www.bvfonts.com

Nice collection of free fonts at www.searchfreefonts.com

Free pixel fonts www.orgdot.com

Silkscreen is a free font developed by Jason Kottke. It will be useful when you want to type in small and crispy fonts (8pt). Grab it here www.kottke.org

More than 50 custom fonts to use in props at HPLHS Prop Fonts

James Cooper has collected 300 free true type fonts for web designers. Feel free to download them and if you can donate him some money. GoodFonts.org