Helvetica 

Now

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 Contents

3 Introduction

4 Quick Start Guide

5 The Font Files

6 The Glyph Set

7 Optical Sizes

8 Alternate Glyphs

9 Additional Glyphs

10 Improvements

11 Contact: helveticanow@monotype.com

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 Quick Start Guide

a
Helvetica Now Micro ExtraLight
Helvetica Now Micro ExtraLight Italic
Helvetica Now Micro Light
Helvetica Now Micro Light Italic
Helvetica Now Micro Regular
Helvetica Now Micro Italic
Helvetica Now Micro Medium Install the fonts.
Helvetica Now Micro Medium Italic
Helvetica Now Micro Bold
Helvetica Now Micro Bold Italic There are 48 fonts in all:
Helvetica Now Micro ExtraBold
Helvetica Now Micro ExtraBold Italic
12 Micro fonts for captions and tiny type
Helvetica Now Text Thin
Helvetica Now Text Thin Italic 16 Text fonts for small heads and running text
Helvetica Now Text ExtraLight
Helvetica Now Text ExtraLight Italic
Helvetica Now Text Light 20 Display fonts for larger heads, headlines, and other big type.
Helvetica Now Text Light Italic
Helvetica Now Text Regular
Helvetica Now Text Italic
Helvetica Now Text Medium
Helvetica Now Text Medium Italic
Helvetica Now Text Bold

b
Helvetica Now Text Bold Italic
Helvetica Now Text ExtraBold
Helvetica Now Text ExtraBold Italic
Helvetica Now Text Black
Helvetica Now Text Black Italic

Helvetica Now Display Hairline

Helvetica Now Display Hairline Italic
Helvetica Now Display Thin
Use the fonts.
Helvetica Now Display Thin Italic
Helvetica Now Display ExtraLight
Helvetica Now Display ExtraLight Italic
Helvetica Now Display Light
Helvetica Now Display Light Italic
Helvetica Now Display Regular

c
Helvetica Now Display Italic
Helvetica Now Display Medium
Helvetica Now Display Medium Italic
Helvetica Now Display Bold
Helvetica Now Display Bold Italic
Helvetica Now Display ExtraBold
Helvetica Now Display ExtraBold Italic
Helvetica Now Display Black Kindly let us know what you think.
Helvetica Now Display Black Italic
Helvetica Now Display ExtraBlack
Helvetica Now Display ExtraBlack Italic

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 The Font Files

Helvetica Now consists of 48 font files in three optical sizes: Display,

Text, and Micro.

Helvetica Now
Display ExtraBlack
Every art and every inquiry,
and similarly every action and
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action
and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for
this reason the good has rightly been declared to be

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Text Black Micro ExtraBold

Every art and every inquiry, Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action
and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for
and similarly every action and
Display ExtraBlack Italic

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this reason the good has rightly been declared to be
Text Black Italic Micro ExtraBold Italic

Display Black Every art and every inquiry, and Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action

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and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for
similarly every action and pursuit, this reason the good has rightly been declared to be
Text ExtraBold Micro Bold
Display Black Italic
Every art and every inquiry, and
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action
and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for
similarly every action and pursuit, this reason the good has rightly been declared to be
Display ExtraBold Text ExtraBold Italic Micro Bold Italic

Helvetica Now
Display ExtraBold Italic
Every art and every inquiry, and
similarly every action and pursuit,
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action
and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for
this reason the good has rightly been declared to be

Helvetica Now
Text Bold Micro Medium

Every art and every inquiry, and Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action
and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for
Display Bold
similarly every action and pursuit, this reason the good has rightly been declared to be

Helvetica Now
Display Bold Italic
Text Bold Italic

Every art and every inquiry, and

Micro Medium Italic

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action

and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for

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similarly every action and pursuit, this reason the good has rightly been declared to be
Text Medium Micro Regular

Display Medium
Every art and every inquiry, and Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action

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and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for
similarly every action and pursuit, this reason the good has rightly been declared to be
Text Medium Italic Micro Italic
Display Medium Italic

Helvetica Now Every art and every inquiry, and Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action
and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for
similarly every action and pursuit, this reason the good has rightly been declared to be
Display Regular Text Regular Micro Light

Helvetica Now
Display Italic
Every art and every inquiry, and
similarly every action and pursuit,
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action
and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for
this reason the good has rightly been declared to be

Helvetica Now
Text Italic Micro Light Italic

Display Light
Every art and every inquiry, and Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action
and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for
similarly every action and pursuit,
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this reason the good has rightly been declared to be
Text Light Micro ExtraLight

Display Light Italic Every art and every inquiry, and Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action

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and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for
similarly every action and pursuit, this reason the good has rightly been declared to be
Text Light Italic Micro ExtraLight Italic
Display ExtraLight
Every art and every inquiry, and
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Display ExtraLight Italic
similarly every action and pursuit,
Text ExtraLight

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The 20 Helvetica Now Display fonts are meant to
Every art and every inquiry, and be used at display sizes—customarily, any type above

Display Thin
similarly every action and pursuit, 14 point. Display fonts range in weight from Hairline
to ExtraBlack.

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Text ExtraLight Italic

Every art and every inquiry, and The 16 Helvetica Now Text fonts are intended for
standard text sizes, typically eight to 12 point.
Display Thin Italic
similarly every action and pursuit,
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Text fonts range from Thin to Black.
Text Thin

Display Hairline Every art and every inquiry, and The 12 Helvetica Now Micro fonts are intended
for very small type (and type in low-fi environments).

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Display Hairline Italic
similarly every action and pursuit,
Text Thin Italic
Micro fonts range from ExtraLight to ExtraBold.

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 The Glyph Set

The character (glyph) set is consistent accross the Helvetcia Now range.
Each font contains 812 glyphs (38,976 characters in all).

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The glyph set contains an extensive complement of Finally, there are number of alternate forms that
Latin and accented forms. There are two sets of figures can be accessed via OpenType stylistic sets:
(lining and non-lining); extensive superscript, inferior, round punctuation and accents; a single-story
numerator, and denominator forms; a wide range of lowercase a; a rounded capital G; a straight-legged
monetary symbols, reference marks, and fractions; and capital R; a straight t; a simplified lowercase u;
robust punctuation sets. a straight-descender y; and a hooked lowercase l.

“Helvetica arrow” sets and informational “circled” and

“squared” figure sets are also included.

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 Optical Sizes

Helvetica Now is produced from size-specific drawings and with size-

specific spacing. The larger Display sizes are carefully drawn to show
off the subtlety of Helvetica and spaced with headlines in mind.

The standard Text sizes are drawn and spaced to deal with the rigors
associated with legibilty in extended text. The strokes are robust;
contrast is reduced (compared to display drawings); and spacing is
comfortably loose.

The Micro sizes are for very small typesetting and type in low-
resolution environments. The forms are simplified and exaggerated
to maintain the impression of Helvetica, and the spacing is
noticeably loose—an essential ingredient to hyper-legible mico-text.

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 Alternate Glyphs

Helvetica Now reintroduces some historical alternate glyphs and

introduces a few new alternates. These glyphs are each assigned to
one of eight OpenType stylistic sets, and allow type users to subtly
and/or dramatically change the typographic character of headlines,
text, and captions.
Rounded Punctuation and Accents

Straight-Descender y

Hooked Lowercase l
Straight-Legged R
Single-Story a

Simplified u
Rounded G

Straight t

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 Additional Glyphs

Helvetica Now includes additional glyphs that update the fonts (like the
Bitcoin symbol and the capital form of the German double s) and others that
make them more useful (like a suite of Helvetica arrows and sets of circled
and squared figures).

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 Improvements

The first digital version of Helvetica (Neue Helvetica) was produced 35 years
ago. It had one master (no optical sizes) and was completed well before
everyone had an email address. Improvements like the addition of the Micro
range and the redrawing of the at-sign are obvious necessities. There are
thousands more improvements that are far less obvious. Every glyph has

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been redrawn accross the entire family.

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 Contact

For any questions about this pre-release or about the Helvetica Now family
more generally, please contact us at helveticanow@monotype.com

Helvetica is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc.

registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and
may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.
Copyright © 2019 Monotype Imaging Inc. all rights
reserved. Version 0.78—February 2019.

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