here is a very different evil post for you. i’m coming off a bit of a rant.

Kids -

Today I write you about a sore topic called Arial. Today in my alternate life I had someone request a font change…from Helvetica to Arial. Here is why I cry. First of all, lets have a design history lesson kids. Helvetica was created by Haas Foundry in the 50′s. When was Arial created? Yeaaa, 82. Hello, Arial is a rip-off of Helvetica. So – naturally Arial is awesome cause its younger….NOT. It’s limited – yay a couple style options (really is awesome trying to create hierarchy on a newsletter), its homely and just plain dumb. People, I beg of thee – its a system font for a reason. It is only acceptable for web, thats all folks.

Arial is a poser.
We don’t like posers.

Check this out.

http://www.mimeartist.com/helvetica/