Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Arial vs Helvetica


Arial is widely derided as a font.

Art directors avoid it.

Hipsters turn their noses up at it.

And as for graphic designers....

Most of the derision stems from the thought that Arial is a poor cousin of Helvetica.

But is it?

Click here to take the Arial vs Helvetica test and see just how well you can (or can't) tell the difference between them.

Be sure and pop back and leave your score in the comments.

11 Comments:

Anonymous Jeff Kwiatek said...

17 out of 20.
It's all about the Cs and the Ts.

7:05 am  
Blogger kate lightfoot said...

12 out of 20. I'm using the age-old excuse that I'm a copywriter and have no business knowing these things anyway.

8:01 am  
Blogger Stan Lee said...

I'll be honest...I lost interest midway through!

9:08 am  
Anonymous Zac Martin said...

Good way to increase the number of comments on a post.

9:51 am  
Anonymous Tony said...

18/20
Brilliant way to waste 10 minutes.

9:54 am  
Blogger boldaslove said...

19/20 - Mattel was the only one that threw me.
You can tell the difference based on the angle of the S and the C...

9:59 am  
Blogger nate said...

13/20

12:27 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?

You got that one right!

You answered 12 out of 20 questions correctly.

1:08 pm  
Blogger nelly said...

12 out of 20.
Spot the difference in curvy letters/numbers.

7:32 pm  
Blogger Diego Aguiar said...

17 out of 20...

1:24 pm  
Anonymous Aimee said...

19/20 :)

3:04 am  

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