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20 Famous Helvetica Logos converted to Arial. Can you spot the difference?

Picture 5It’s no secret that Helvetica is considered the darling of typography, admired by designers the world over. Arial on the other hand is frequently looked at as Helvetica’s distant ugly sister, but in truth, to the naked eye, the differences are very subtle as this illustration shows.

On a quest to prove this, font site IronicSans has put together this nifty quiz that takes twenty popular helvetica based logos, and replaces them with Arial. “Sacrilege!” some might say…

Can you spot which is which? It’s no where near as easy as you’d think.

Click here to take the test.

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  • Rykos
    19/20 Missed the Toyota one. And yes, most people will not be able to tell the difference between the two, but those that can... well, seem to be passionate about it.
  • Indeed, the Toyota one was a little hard, but it's noticable trough the captial A, but missed it.
  • The A, the G, the F... that is what i can see. I don't like Arial much but still use it more often :s
  • Pretty easy if you work everyday with the font :)
  • Yay! I got 17 out of 20 right!
  • Piotr
    PHI 19 / 20 Got correct. Only TOYOTA made me.

    And MAN, these arial ones look BAD.
  • Also lowercase "t" "c" "e" and the uppercase "R", which is the most different (see the leg).
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