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# Helvetica Is Actually a Display Typeface
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/helvetica-is-actually-a-display-typeface/
- Published: 2020-11-25T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-11-25T14:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Gramatika: On Type Measurements, Hyphen Spacings and Other Minor Considerations](https://letters.temporarystate.net/entry/5/?ref=birchtree.me)

> The truth is: Helvetica is actually a display font. It works best in large sizes, carefully (and playfully!) manually composed1\. It’s a display typeface which is deeply ashamed to admit it.

Hard to argue with this.