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== Neue Haas Grotesk (2010) == [[File:Neue Haas Grotesk Text Pro typeface specimen.svg|thumb|Neue Haas Grotesk Text, optically optimized for body text]] [[Christian Schwartz]]'s digitisation is based on original settings of the metal type and uses the typeface's original name.<ref>{{cite web|title=Neue Haas Grotesk|url=http://www.fontbureau.com/nhg/|publisher=The Font Bureau, Inc.|page=Introduction|access-date=2013-12-23|archive-date=2021-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509102111/http://www.fontbureau.com/NHG/|url-status=deviated}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linotype.com/6598/neuehaasgrotesk.html |title=Neue Haas Grotesk - Font News |publisher=Linotype.com |access-date=2013-09-21 |archive-date=2015-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905090017/http://www.linotype.com/6598/neuehaasgrotesk.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christianschwartz.com/haasgrotesk.shtml |title=Schwartzco Inc |access-date=2013-09-21 |archive-date=2021-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420025921/http://www.christianschwartz.com/haasgrotesk.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Shaw|first1=Paul|title=Revival Type: Digital Typefaces Inspired by the Past|year=2017|isbn=978-0-300-21929-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n7e0DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA204|pages=204β5|publisher=Yale University Press }}</ref> It was released by Linotype (later Monotype Imaging), [[Commercial Type]], and Font Bureau with an article on the history of Helvetica by Professor Indra Kupferschmid.<ref name="NHG Kupferschmid">{{cite web|last1=Kupferschmid|first1=Indra|title=Neue Haas Grotesk - History|url=http://www.fontbureau.com/nhg/history/|publisher=[[Font Bureau]]|access-date=4 August 2017|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809183126/http://www.fontbureau.com/NHG/history/|url-status=deviated}}</ref> Unlike earlier digitisations, Schwartz created two different [[optical size]]s (labelled Text and Display), which have different spacing metrics giving tighter spacing at display size and looser spacing to increase legibility in [[body text]]. The release includes a number of features not present on digitisations branded as Helvetica, [[stylistic alternates]] such as separate punctuation sets for upper- and lower-case text, "modernist" cedilla designs styled to match the comma and reduced-height numbers to blend into extended text.<ref>{{cite web|title=Neue Haas Grotesk|url=http://www.fontbureau.com/nhg/features/|publisher=The Font Bureau, Inc.|access-date=23 December 2013|archive-date=17 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217072140/http://www.fontbureau.com/NHG/features/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|This feature was also included in [[Robert Slimbach]]'s neogrotesque Acumin (2014) for Adobe.<ref name="Using Acumin">{{cite web|last1=Slimbach|first1=Robert|title=Using Acumin|url=http://acumin.typekit.com/usage/|website=Acumin microsite|publisher=[[Adobe Systems]]|access-date=6 January 2016|archive-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115113811/http://acumin.typekit.com/usage/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} Both optical sizes provide stylistic alternates for a straight-legged upper case "R", while the Display variant additionally provides stylistic alternates for a lower case "a" without tail.<ref>{{cite web|title=Neue Haas Grotesk Collection|url=https://commercialtype.com/catalog/neue_haas_grotesk|access-date=2022-06-24|archive-date=2022-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608030513/https://commercialtype.com/catalog/neue_haas_grotesk|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Neue Haas Grotesk Specimens|url=https://commercialtype.com/uploads/1900019/1454389679884/Neue_Haas_Grotesk-collection.pdf|access-date=2022-06-24|archive-date=2022-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624215103/https://commercialtype.com/uploads/1900019/1454389679884/Neue_Haas_Grotesk-collection.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It originated from an abandoned redesign plan for ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper. Writing for ''Typographica'', [[Matthew Butterick]] described the release as better than any previous digital release of Helvetica "it's never looked better".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Butterick|first1=Matthew|author-link=Matthew Butterick|title=Neue Haas Grotesk|url=http://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/neue-haas-grotesk/|website=Typographica|access-date=22 October 2014|archive-date=22 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022231846/http://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/neue-haas-grotesk/|url-status=live}}</ref> Users include [[Bloomberg Businessweek]], the [[Whitney Museum of American Art|Whitney Museum]], and for the album ''[[Midnights]]'' by [[Taylor Swift]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Whitney rebranding|url=http://www.experimentaljetset.nl/archive/whitney-museum-identity|publisher=EJS|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=29 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529124214/http://www.experimentaljetset.nl/archive/whitney-museum-identity|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spd.org/2010/11/bloomberg-business-week.php |title=Bloomberg Businessweek redesign interviews |publisher=SPD |access-date=16 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716070402/http://www.spd.org/2010/11/bloomberg-business-week.php |archive-date=2015-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Midnights (Taylor Swift) Font | website=Font Meme | date=October 21, 2022 | url=https://fontmeme.com/midnights-taylor-swift-font/ | access-date=November 23, 2022 | archive-date=October 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027022536/https://fontmeme.com/midnights-taylor-swift-font/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Schwartz's company Commercial Type have additionally developed a companion monospaced version, agate version for small sizes and stencil font.<ref>{{cite web |title=Commercial Type Vault |url=https://vault.commercialtype.com/ |publisher=[[Commercial Type]] |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901093658/https://vault.commercialtype.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The release does not include condensed weights or support for Greek and Cyrillic. ===Variable Font Version=== The Text optical size of Neue Haas Grotesk is available on [[Windows 11]] via "Pan-European Supplemental Fonts" optional feature. <ref>{{cite web |title=Windows 11 font list |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/fonts/windows_11_font_list#pan-european-supplemental-fonts |access-date=6 December 2021 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214223121/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/fonts/windows_11_font_list#pan-european-supplemental-fonts |url-status=live }}</ref> This version is a [[variable font]] and provides weights ranging from Ultra Thin to Black. <ref>{{cite web |title=I've noticed a change in Neue Haas Grotesk Text Pro in Windows 11 Β· Issue #817 Β· MicrosoftDocs/typography-issues Β· GitHub |website=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/typography-issues/issues/817 |access-date=2023-04-14 |archive-date=2023-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414130904/https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/typography-issues/issues/817 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2023, the variable font version of Neue Haas Grotesk is not yet otherwise available. Neue Haas Grotesk Text is also available on [[Windows 10]] via "Pan-European Supplemental Fonts", <ref>{{cite web |title=Windows 10 font list |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/fonts/windows_10_font_list#-pan-european-supplemental-fonts |access-date=6 December 2021 |archive-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206172019/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/fonts/windows_10_font_list#-pan-european-supplemental-fonts |url-status=live }}</ref> but this release includes static fonts instead of variable fonts.
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