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oct 17, 1956 - Helvetica Font Invented

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Helvetica was invented in 1957 in Switzerland by designers Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann at the Haas Type Foundry, originally as the typeface Neue Haas Grotesk. It was renamed Helvetica, meaning "from Switzerland," by Linotype Corporation in 1960, becoming a globally popular typeface known for its clean, modern, and neutral design, which fit the International Typographic Style.

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