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		soperj on April 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Monotype launches the first redesign of Helvetica ... Gotta say, the f and the t in the micro font are not good. At least while looking at it in my browser (firefox nightly on linux). They look like something out of comic sans.

hbosch on April 10, 2019 | [–]

I think it’s quite legible at intended sizes, though. Around 6pt or less.

jacobolus on April 10, 2019 | | [–]

Here’s a screengrab from a “2x retina” display of the sales page showing 8pt (so view this at 50%)

https://i.imgur.com/9tpX2Vq.png

lysium on April 10, 2019 | | [–]

I was hoping 'l' and 'I' would look differently.

skavi on April 10, 2019 | [–]

Look at it in the intended size, and it looks great.

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