This family was influenced by a Type Fight over at Typophile: How would you create a font style metrically suitable with Helvetica, however much better than Arial? Working with predetermined letter widths was an interesting constraint, both a relief and a limitation at the same time.
I have actually done all the 4 standard weights, and the manipulated obliques (done to a somewhat less steep 10 degrees angle as opposed to the originals 12) has actually been optically adjusted. The letters have been designed rather close to the german/swiss grotesk custom, however by using super-elliptical rounds, rounded dots and somewhat curved outer diagonals the end outcome is a friendly looking typeface household that still looks… … familiar.
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