Arial

Arial from the sans-serif typeface category which mostly known and seen in Microsoft software application was desdigned in 1982 by Patricia Saunders and Robin Nicholas for monotype typography. The Arial typeface became free with the release of Windows 3.1. So , it gain popularity when windows spread around the globe. Windows wanted to choose Helvetica typeface but its fee was too high. Fourtunatly Arial was chosen and got the chance to spread around the world. Many people think that Arial is just a clone of Helvetiva however there are some difrences between the two typefaces. Although some of the glyphs are almost identical, there are a few that stand out as being different. See picture below…



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Arial versus Helvetica
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