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Traditional Helvetica lead letters. March 2007 a documentary, also called Helvetica, was produced in the US. It will also be screened in Switzerland. (Images: Swiss Dots) swissinfo.ch -
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The 50-year-old font is one of the most successful Swiss designs. The well-known Helvetica font was created in 1957. The Swiss Federal Railways, BMW and Nestlé were among the companies to use the typeset.
This content was published on March 29, 2007
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