Why Arial is Steve Job's Fault

[o9uk]

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[sunilintube]

If you dnt understand the beauty of Helvetica, Go kill yourself!

[thatapplegeek]

Apple is the one that has the best font for reading on computers, helvetica, as the default font

[weinerschnitzelboy]

@thatapplegeek Actually, I noticed that in Safari (Mac's default web browser) renders web pages in Helvetica. The whole UI though, uses Lucida Grande. Which is also a nice font.

[thatapplegeek]

Fonts on computers were basically SJ's invention with the mac, I don't see how you can blame a not that bad but not great font on him.

[DieMenschMaschine1]

I don't understand why Arial is Steve Jobs' fault. The blame clearly lies with Microsoft as THEY were the ones who distributed it in the first place.

[weinerschnitzelboy]

@DieMenschMaschine1 It's not a bad thing that it's Job's fault. They are saying cause of him and his success with the first Macs with GUI's, Microsoft wanted something exactly like Helvetica but didn't want to pay for the license, so Microsoft hired a group of people to create a new font. One that looks exactly like Helvetica and is called Arial

[PeopleR2sensitive]

@weinerschnitzelboy Actually, Arial looks more like a clone of Univers to me. And honestly, this Eric Speikerman really shouldn't be taken seriously. He's a shit designer that overly loves humanist typefaces. Both of his most popular fonts (Meta and Officina) are pretty ugly.

[fuckingsunday]

I can't understand a thing beside the fact his german accent it does not help

[ajax700]

Please add subtitles! It's hard to understand what Erik says!

[solderflux]

I can't hear a god damn thing

[jackprince1983]

The off-comment makes it almost impossible to understand what Erik says ... it`s kind of anoying. Subtitles would be better choice.

[adjectiveanimal]

Love Spiekermann, even if he hates Helvetica. This is barely about Arial, though. Thanks for posting!

[uzapuca]

I have seen other interview when he talks great things about Helvetica. As the modern font for the people and so on.

Yes, subtitles would have been a better option.