I'm interested in this, and I don't take the note about increased spacing in the number with Neue to mean the same thing as what we are talking about.
As Rick indicates, in any other layout program (or in the analog world of actually setting type) I've never encountered this kind of inconsistency of spacing with Helvetica. It has actually always been a go-to for maintaining consistency, and nice flow. I believe there are aberrations with Neue in QC that have led me to believe that it's better, but in fact, I tend to think that it also has problems that are less immediately noticeable, so I would really pay close attention if I was going to use that in anything. I will try to isolate the problems I've seen with that and report back; I never took the time to report them, as I had to fix these issues under quick turnaround scenarios, and ultimately threw my hands up and used Lucida, despite the fact that the lettering isn't as attractive and uniform. Best, George Toledo On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Rick Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 29, 2010, at 02:06:10, Achim Breidenbach wrote: > > > If somebody isn't familiar with german: "Neue" means "new". In this case > "over all new" ;-) > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetica_Neue#Neue_Helvetica_.281983.29 > > "Other changes include improved legibility, heavier punctuation marks, > and increased spacing in the numbers." > > > > I guess they didn't only increased the spacing, but also corrected some > mistakes here. > > Thanks for pointing that out. I guess my assumption that Helvetica's > numeral widths are all the same is incorrect. Although the behaviors I've > seen seem to indicate otherwise, except in QC. But, Neue it is. > > Thanks. > > -- > Rick > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/gtoledo3%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [email protected] >
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