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 Sep 17 2008, 07:54 PM
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This site uses Arial all over the place. But Arial is a cheap bastard font. Helvetica is much, much prettier. CreateBlog's stylesheet should prefer Helvetica over Arial.
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Sep 17 2008, 07:56 PM
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I like Helvetica more too. =]
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Sep 17 2008, 08:11 PM
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Arial is still better than verdana. For some reason I don't have helvetica on my computer...
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Sep 17 2008, 08:29 PM
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Helvetica is expensive.
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Sep 17 2008, 09:19 PM
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Comes for free with Macs. Nyeh.
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Sep 17 2008, 09:25 PM
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Why would anyone pay for a font?
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Sep 17 2008, 09:26 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Sep 17 2008, 09:19 PM)  Comes for free with Macs. Nyeh. yes, it does.helvetica is what we used to label all of our papers in my graphic design class. |
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Sep 17 2008, 09:30 PM
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^ Yeah, my prof and TA are requiring us to use Helvetica for our assignments in my Graphic Design course. Sucks Windows users like me.
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Sep 17 2008, 09:44 PM
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Pirate it? I might right now, because I'm intrigued by this amazing font...
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Sep 17 2008, 09:50 PM
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After scrambling to find someone with a computer that has Helvetica (and failing), I downloaded it. I didn't find too many 'good' torrents though...
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Sep 17 2008, 09:55 PM
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private trackers ftw!
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Sep 17 2008, 11:24 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Sep 17 2008, 07:19 PM) Comes for free with Macs. Nyeh.  You'd pay for a font if you don't want the watered-down pirated version of Helvetica, where it's probably named something lame like...Telvetica. I'm not taking graphic design so seeing Verdana around the forums isn't really pissing me off that much. =p What really pisses me off, though, is when people change the font of their posts to something tiny and unreadable, or serif. |
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Sep 17 2008, 11:28 PM
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Or changing the alignment to center! WHY?!
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Sep 17 2008, 11:37 PM
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That's why it's worth while to be invited to private trackers. The quality's much higher. I have no idea why you would ever find a watered down version of something like that? I don't actually know why I'm talking about this; the idea of paying for a font just seems absurd.
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Sep 17 2008, 11:54 PM
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There are a ton of font-fakers out there - ew!
The only way I would justify paying for a font is if I was using it for commercial purposes. |
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Sep 18 2008, 12:27 AM
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I really hated Arial a few years ago...
and now I'm so used to seeing the font being used everywhere I don't feel it any more. 
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Sep 18 2008, 12:44 AM
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QUOTE(Gigi @ Sep 18 2008, 12:24 AM) You'd pay for a font if you don't want the watered-down pirated version of Helvetica You mean...Arial? 
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Sep 18 2008, 12:57 AM
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Sep 18 2008, 01:06 AM
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I got 6/10... I thought I could tell. =(
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Sep 18 2008, 01:08 AM
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Failing to see how that font is any prettier.
I got a 6/10 too, but I'd never actually seen (or been aware of seeing Helvetica) before. |
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Sep 18 2008, 01:11 AM
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I only got 9/10 after reading the article on how to tell the difference. Damn that APPLE!
Even though I couldn't really tell the difference, I still like Helvetica more. And I never could have (or... I guess wanted to) handed in a paper with Arial font before, but I totally could have with Helvetica. =\ |
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Sep 18 2008, 01:12 AM
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When I see Helvetica, I think JPod.
I don't really see how Helvetica is nicer either. It's probably just a Mac-user/graphic designer snobby preference, lol. |
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Sep 18 2008, 01:14 AM
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Maybe it's if it was a huge body of text you'd be able to tell the difference in prettiness? Hmm... I'm going to go try that now.
Edit: Never mind, I can't do it. Turns out the one I downloaded looks way uglier on Word than on InDesign. |
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Sep 18 2008, 01:33 AM
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^ Is that possible?
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Sep 18 2008, 01:48 AM
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I don't know, it's weird... the font looked really nice when I used it for InDesign, but it looks about ten times uglier and pixelated on Word. WTF?!
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