jdross75 0 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Can anyone tell me what font is being used as the note title for Evernote 5 on the mac? Link to comment
Level 5* GrumpyMonkey 4,314 Posted November 24, 2012 Level 5* Share Posted November 24, 2012 Can anyone tell me what font is being used as the note title for Evernote 5 on the mac?I believe the font is fixed at helvetica, 12 point, but I could be wrong. Perhaps one of our more font-savvy members will correct me on this. Link to comment
willlma 0 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Yeah, looks like Helvetica Neue Ultra Light. Thanks for finding those. Link to comment
Level 5 Martin Packer 162 Posted December 2, 2012 Level 5 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Of course anything with "Suisse" or "Helvetica" in the name is alluding to the same thing, whatever the common ancestor font is. Link to comment
Level 5* GrumpyMonkey 4,314 Posted December 2, 2012 Level 5* Share Posted December 2, 2012 Of course anything with "Suisse" or "Helvetica" in the name is alluding to the same thing, whatever the common ancestor font is.Well, the common ancestor would be Helvetica, right? There are variations on it, but the font itself was developed in the 50s by the Swiss, and there have been many attempts over the years to gild the lily. Link to comment
Level 5 Martin Packer 162 Posted December 2, 2012 Level 5 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Right, so things like "Helvetica","Swiss","Suisse" are alluding to Helvetica - a nice sans-serif font, good for headings. Link to comment
Level 5* GrumpyMonkey 4,314 Posted December 2, 2012 Level 5* Share Posted December 2, 2012 Right, so things like "Helvetica","Swiss","Suisse" are alluding to Helvetica - a nice sans-serif font, good for headings. I don't think something (Helvetica) can allude to itself (Helvetica) Yes. You are right that a lot of folks these days think that sans-serif is good for headings and road signs (I am guessing this dates back to the nineteenth-century invention of Gill Sans), and typographical folks these days insist that digital stuff ought to be in sans-serif. I disagree, especially at 12 pt. on the tiny 11" MBA screen. Five centuries ago, Johann Gutenberg would have whipped out his Textura font and disaagreed! If Evernote was a paper notebook, then they'd have to make a choice of one font, and this would make sense. I'd live with it. However, we are in the digital age. A default font is fine, of course, but why strap us all down to a Procrustean bed like this and remove functionality from the app? I don't know the answer to this. Link to comment
willlma 0 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Don't think it's Helvetica. I'd also be interested in knowing. Link to comment
tardis 87 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Helvetica Neue Ultra Light looks pretty similar.http://www.identifont.com/similar?2LD5So does Suisse BP International Ultra Light:http://www.identifont.com/show?2M36 Link to comment
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Can anyone tell me what font is being used as the note title for Evernote 5 on the mac?
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