Editing Helvetica (section)

===Arial and MS Sans Serif===
[[Monotype Corporation|Monotype]]'s [[Arial]], created for IBM and also used by Microsoft, is indistinguishable by most non-specialists.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Simonson |first1=Mark |author-link1=Mark Simonson |title=How to Spot Arial |url=https://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/how-to-spot-arial |website=Mark Simonson Studio |date=17 June 2021 |access-date=27 March 2020 |archive-date=23 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223092203/https://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/how-to-spot-arial |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Verification failed|date=November 2024}} Matthew Carter, who was a consultant for IBM during its design process, describes it as "a Helvetica clone, based ostensibly on their [[Monotype Grotesque|Grots 215 and 216]]" (Monotype's old 1920s sans-serif family, popular in British trade printing in the metal type period, and itself based on the Bauer [[Venus (typeface)|Venus-Grotesk]] family).<ref name="Blue Pencil no. 18—Some history about Arial" /> Differences include:
* Helvetica's strokes are typically cut either horizontally or vertically. This is especially visible in the t, r, f, and C. Arial employs slanted stroke cuts, following Monotype Grotesque.
* Helvetica's G has a spur at bottom right; Arial does not, but instead has a vertical stroke connecting the curved portion to the crossbar.
* The tail of Helvetica's R is more upright whereas Arial's R is more diagonal.
* The number 1 of Helvetica has a square angle underneath the upper spur, Arial has a curve.
* The Q glyph in Helvetica has a straight cross mark, while the cross mark in Arial has a slight curve.
The design was created to substitute for Helvetica: Arial (and many other clones of the period) are metrically identical to the PostScript version of Helvetica, so that a document designed in Helvetica could be displayed and printed correctly without IBM having to pay Linotype for a Helvetica license on its printers.<ref name="Blue Pencil no. 18—Some history about Arial">{{cite web|last1=Shaw|first1=Paul|last2=Carter|first2=Matthew|last3=McDonald|first3=Rod|title=Blue Pencil no. 18—Some history about Arial|url=http://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2011/09/blue-pencil-no-18%E2%80%94some-history-about-arial/|website=Paul Shaw Letter Design|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-date=29 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929213006/https://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2011/09/blue-pencil-no-18%E2%80%94some-history-about-arial/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Shaw|first1=Paul|title=Arial Addendum no. 3|url=http://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2011/10/blue-pencil-no-18%E2%80%94arial-addendum-no-3/|website=Blue Pencil|access-date=1 July 2015|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209170323/https://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2011/10/blue-pencil-no-18%E2%80%94arial-addendum-no-3/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Shaw (& Nicholas)|title=Arial addendum no. 4|url=http://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2011/11/blue-pencil-no-18%E2%80%94arial-addendum-no-4/|website=Blue Pencil|access-date=1 July 2015|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209170310/https://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2011/11/blue-pencil-no-18%E2%80%94arial-addendum-no-4/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Microsoft's "Helv" design, later known as "[[MS Sans Serif]]", is a sans-serif typeface that shares many key characteristics to Helvetica, including the horizontally and vertically aligned stroke terminators and more-uniform stroke widths within a glyph.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Faces of Microsoft |url=https://typemag.squarespace.com/home/2017/10/6/the-faces-of-microsoft |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=TYPE Magazine |date=7 October 2017}}</ref>