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Neue Haas Grotesk Free: A Modern Fresh Serif Typeface for Personal Use
Neue Haas Grotesk: The Original Helvetica
Neue Haas Grotesk is a typeface that was designed in the late 1950s by Max Miedinger for the Haas Type Foundry in Switzerland. It was intended to be a modern and versatile sans serif font that could compete with the popular grotesque fonts of the time, such as Akzidenz Grotesk and Monotype Grotesque. Neue Haas Grotesk was later renamed Helvetica by Linotype, and became one of the most widely used fonts in the world.
However, the transition from metal to photo and digital typesetting altered some of the original features and proportions of Neue Haas Grotesk. For example, the bold weight had to be narrowed to fit the same width as the regular weight, and some of the curves and terminals were simplified or regularized. In addition, different versions of Helvetica were…