" Monotype's Arial, designed in 1982, while different from Helvetica in some few details, has identical character widths, and is indistinguishable by most non-specialists. The capital letters C, G, and R, as well as the lowercase letters a, e, r, and t, are useful for quickly distinguishing Arial and Helvetica.[12] Differences include:
1. Helvetica's strokes are typically cut either horizontally or vertically. 2. This is especially visible in the t, r, and C. Arial employs slanted stroke cuts. 3. Helvetica's G has a well-defined spur; Arial does not. 4. The tails of the R glyphs and the a glyphs are different. "
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可能就是最普通的 sans-serif。
sans 是法语吧？想抵制 :p
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sans serif不是一种字体而是一类字体，“无衬线”。
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摘自wikipedia:
" Monotype's Arial, designed in 1982, while different from Helvetica in some few details, has identical character widths, and is indistinguishable by most non-specialists. The capital letters C, G, and R, as well as the lowercase letters a, e, r, and t, are useful for quickly distinguishing Arial and Helvetica.[12] Differences include:
1. Helvetica's strokes are typically cut either horizontally or vertically. 2. This is especially visible in the t, r, and C. Arial employs slanted stroke cuts.
3. Helvetica's G has a well-defined spur; Arial does not.
4. The tails of the R glyphs and the a glyphs are different. "
对比图 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Helvarial.png, 从里面的R和a可以看出应该是arial没错
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