Helvetica has a few very easy tells; look at the 'e' and 'c', the 'F' and 'E' and the 'A' and 'Y' in these examples, and you'll get 20/20. Oh, and the 'G' and 'R' ofcourse.
Also the lower case 't' is diagonally cut in Arial, straight in Helvetica
So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?
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Re: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?
#1219/20. Damn you to hell, Mattel!
Yup, that's the hard one!
Re: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?
#1319/20. Damn you to hell, Mattel!
Same!
Re: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?
#14Got 3/20. I didn't know the characteristics of Arial or Helvetica beforehand. The results show that I can easily tell the two fonts apart, although I don't know which is which.
Re: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?
#15I got 19/20, I failed on Toyota. :(
Re: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?
#1619/20. Damn you to hell, Mattel!
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Re: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?
#17I had to guess for two logos: MATTEL and TOYOTA. The rest was fairly obvious.
Re: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?
#18I had to guess for two logos: MATTEL and TOYOTA. The rest was fairly obvious.
The helvetica A is narrower and the Y has a shorter stem. I saw those differences but also guessed wrong.
Re: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?
#1920/20.
They're fairly easy to differentiate. The curved ends (finials) of e, c, C, r, S, s are generally horizontal in Helvetica and at an angle in Arial.
The tail of the uppercase R and ascender of the lowercase t are the biggest giveaways.
Funny how they are so similar, but Arial is pretty tacky in comparison...
Re: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?
#20Got 3/20. I didn't know the characteristics of Arial or Helvetica beforehand. The results show that I can easily tell the two fonts apart, although I don't know which is which.
3 wrong? If so, same here. I also didn't know the characteristics so at the first logo I noted the differences and tried to remember what I noticed about Arial in the past, guessed correctly, and was able to find common letters in most subsequent ones (and learn new letters). I kept messing up the capital A, otherwise I would have gotten only one mistake.