Arial

Arial is a neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface designed by Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders. It was released in 1982 by Monotype and although commonly thought of as a Helvetica ripoff, Arial was primarily influenced by Monotype Grotesque, a typeface released 31 years before Helvetica. That being said, Arial was also designed to be metrically compatible with Helvetica, so it shares identical character widths and similar low-contrast strokes. The most obvious differences between the two typefaces lie in the stroke terminals—Helvetica’s terminals are always perfectly horizontal or vertical, while Arial’s terminals are angled in many of the letters.

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Arial Specimen

Arial Type Specimen

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Arial Font Pairings

ilovecreatives Studio
Feb 14, 2023
Fonts — Arial, Caslon
Fallen Grape
Apr 17, 2022
Fonts — Romie, Arial
STILL YESTERDAY
Oct 17, 2021
Fonts — Arial, Times New Roman
Gawker
Aug 23, 2021
Fonts — Etna, Arial, Georgia
D.M.
Jul 28, 2021
Fonts — Arial, Times New Roman
Sandra Stolle
Jul 19, 2021
Fonts — Hatton, Arial
Burgie’s
May 4, 2021
Fonts — Cheee, Arial, Garamond
Flowers by Bornay
Jan 6, 2021
Fonts — Saol Display, Arial
Bleached
Aug 20, 2020
Fonts — Arial
Little Troop
Jan 28, 2020
Fonts — Apple Garamond, Arial, Favorit
Elizabeth Vande Griend
Fonts — Meno, Arial
Jessica McGowan
Sep 1, 2019
Fonts — Times New Roman, Arial
Diane Davies
Jan 11, 2019
Pleasure Projects
Aug 10, 2018
Fonts — Arial
Tim Grover
Jul 29, 2018
Fonts — Arial
Arcadian Field
Jul 17, 2018
Fonts — Savate, Arial
X
Feb 13, 2018
Fonts — Druk, Arial
Even Magazine
Jan 14, 2018
Fonts — Galliard, Arial
Trstn
Nov 22, 2017
Fonts — Times New Roman, Arial
Biannual
Oct 11, 2017
Fonts — Lydia, Arial, Maison Mono
FUET
May 12, 2017
Rachel de Joode
Apr 5, 2017
Fonts — Arial, Times New Roman, Courier
89plus
Jan 19, 2017
Fonts — Stanley, Arial
Purchase College Graphic Design
Fonts — Arial
Bubeundkönig
Nov 22, 2016
Fonts — Windsor, Arial
Meatpacking District
Nov 23, 2015
Fonts — Romana, Platform, Arial
Harbor Suites
Jul 31, 2015


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