Editing Helvetica (section)

=== Helvetica World ===

Helvetica World supports Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, and Vietnamese scripts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linotype.com/en/1824-18303/thelanguagewhizhelveticalinotype.html |title=The Language Whiz — Helvetica Linotype |website=Linotype.com |date=2007-10-16 |access-date=2009-06-08 |archive-date=2015-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904125626/http://www.linotype.com/en/1824-18303/thelanguagewhizhelveticalinotype.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

This [[typeface family]] consists of four [[scalable font]]s in two weights and one width, with complementary italics.

The Arabic glyphs were based on a redesigned Yakout font family from Linotype. Latin kerning and spacing were redesigned to have consistent spacing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://typographica.org/000652.php |title=Linotype Releases 1100+ OpenType Fonts: Release a Significant Step Towards Format's Acceptance |publisher=Typographica.org |date=August 6, 2003 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080704110031/http://typographica.org/000652.php |archive-date = 2008-07-04 |access-date=2009-06-08 |quote=In the Comments Section:  The biggest differences are the new Greek, Cyrillic and Hebrew designs, and the presence of Arabic support based on the radically redesigned Yakout Linotype (not a perfect match for the Helvetica, but the most appropriate in the Linotype Library; this is 'core font' Arabic support: not for fine typography). There is also a large maths and symbol set in each font (not complete maths typesetting support, but more than you'll get in most fonts).  The only big change in the Latin is that the whole thing has been respaced. The old Helvetica Std Type 1 and TT fonts inherited, via phototype, the unit metrics of the original hot metal type. This led to all sorts of oddities in the sidebearings, which were cleaned up during development of Helvetica Linotype. It is still quite a tightly spaced typeface by today's standards, but the spacing is now consistent. It was also re-kerned.  Helvetica Linotype has also been extensively hinted for screen. -- John Hudson }}</ref> John Hudson of Tiro Typeworks designed the Hebrew glyphs for the font family,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://typographica.org/000484.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070607201825/http://typographica.org/000484.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-06-07 |title=Experimental Arabic Type |publisher=Typographica.org |access-date=2009-06-08}}</ref> as well as the Cyrillic, and Greek letters.<ref>Macmillan, Neil. An A–Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press: 2006. {{ISBN|0-300-11151-7}}.</ref>