Arial

Arial [ ɛəɹiəl ] is a sans serif font that was created by type designers Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders for Monotype in 1982 to provide on low resolution monitors more readable alternative to popular Helvetica by Max Miedinger.

Arial is characterized by large x-heights and simple shapes without serifs. Large dissemination found the font because it is included by default since version 3.1 in Microsoft Windows.

Arial and Helvetica

The Arial is not, as is often claimed, created as a direct copy of Helvetica. Instead, they formed the font Monotype Grotesque 215 so that it corresponded to the metrics of Helvetica. Arial and Helvetica, therefore, the same is true geometric, their respective typefaces but easily distinguishable to the trained eye.

Criticism

Many typographers feel the Arial as ugly as their typeface charakterarm and unbalanced WOULD and contrary to their line management of the overall development time.

Classification of Scripture

Arial in computer technology

During the operation of PostScript -enabled printers with Microsoft Windows Arial is often exchanged in the background against the pre-installed in the printer Helvetica, to achieve a (now minimal ) speed gain. Who still wants to see the Arial in the expression should properly define the "Properties" menu of the printer concerned that call " replacement table for fonts " and " Download as font " Arial with the option. This is for all four font styles ( normal, bold, italic, bold italic ) are required.

The special version of Arial Unicode MS is a relatively widespread font, which contains the bulk of the Unicode character set. For typesetting in non-Asian languages ​​, it is less suitable, since it at this writing neither a cursive still a fat section and the font contains no kerning pairs that provide the text set a harmonious appearance.