Again, while doing research on the typeface Univers for project #2, I found a chart that depicted the differences between Univers and two typefaces similar to it. Anyone that's familiar with the typeface Univers, should be familiar with the typefaces Helvetica and Akzidenz Grotesk.
Univers was created by a French foundry in 1954. Helvetica was created by a Swiss foundry in 1957 and Akzidenz Grotesk predates both typefaces because it was created in the 19th century long before lineale typefaces became popularly used(During the 1950's and 1960's).
In fact, the creater of Helvetica based his typeface on correcting the problems that he found in the typeface Akzidenz Grotesk. Akzidenz Grotesk is known as one of the oldest known sans serifs in typographic history.
Although to the untrained eye, the differences if noticeable at all seem miniscule- the chart illustrates where the most distinguishing elements exist between each typeface.
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