One example cited by designer Viljami Salminen in his article is the word 'illiterate'. Arial has diagonal terminal strokes giving it a less mechanical appearance than Helvetica which has straight cuts.LegibilityArial and Helvetica are not the most legible typefaces because - like many sans serif typefaces - they have indistinguishable capital i and lower case L. The overall treatment of curves is softer and fuller in Arial when compared to Helvetica. The tail of 'R' in Helvetica flows out from center, curves straight down and ends in a slight curve to the right.Arial contains more humanist characteristics than Helvetica which is originally Grotesk. The 'G' in Helvetica has a spur at bottom of stem and the curve at bottom flows into the stem.In Arial 'R' the tail flows down and to right from center and straightens out at an angle to the end.
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