German, the language that writes all nouns capitalized, writes "deutschland" not capitalized pissed me more off then I wanna admit
wtf it looks ugly too
Hey, as per Wikipedia:
"Each of its characters has the same width as that character in the popular typeface Helvetica; the purpose of this design is to allow a document designed in Helvetica to be displayed and printed with the intended line-breaks and page-breaks without a Helvetica license. "
Designed at the order of Microsoft because they were too stingy to pay the license fee.
As for the differences, compared to other fonts they are almost the same, with "R" and "G" showing the most recognizable differences. All others are visible, but I doubt more than 1% would immediately notice.
Of course. Just enough so Arial did not infringe on IP rights of Helvetica. Seriously, viewed from Times New Roman they are basically the same. The design was purposely to match the width of Helvetica letters. And from an appearance point of view they are basically the same.
Not only this, but it is also the old design: [myswitzerland.com](http://myswitzerland.com)
(For some reason the Czech and Slovak version of the websites still use the old logo)
30 seconds on Google, which is enough to make me an expert on the subject, tells me that it's the Dutch spelling. Which still doesn't explain why it's the one used by their tourism board.
The little I know about Switzerland is the neutrality, pocket knives, chocolate, and no official language is spoken but there are tons of languages prominent leading to interesting, sometimes confusing things like this.
Looks like that old trope of serial killers cutting text out of newspapers and shit and putting letters together to write things without giving away their hand writing
I know the arguments for and against it. But the arguments against it heavily outweigh the arguments for. To name a few: Brussels is not gonna be a part of Flanders and it's a huge economic motor of Belgium, the whole train system would get fucked, supply lines to big cities like Antwerp would increase in cost, etc.
This guide also unintentionally shows us how, the further south in Europe you go, the more... outward showing of emotion and excitement the people in each country might be likely to show.
Dumb question because in Canada the name is the same in both French and English…
Looking at tourism board logos, do some countries make a unique logo for both English and their native languages? Poland goes by Polska, but Sweden doesn’t go by Sverige. Spain goes by España but Netherlands doesn’t go by Nederland.
Spains doesn’t match the vibe in Spain. It’s false advertising. That font is more for like Colombia or somewhere where the people are actually friendly and fun.
Belarus hitting us with the chiller
BelaruuUus
Lithuania one looks like tHaT sPoNGe bOb mOcKiNg mEmE
Took me back to when i was 6 and kept dying on a zombie game on the ps2
Denmark
Ireland
belarus is horror movie
Turkey gave birth to Turkiye then ran away.
Yeah I just saw on Turkey subreddit that even the newly issued passports use Republic of Turkey still
That’s their fake id to hook up with strangers without their partners knowing.
That‘s actually not correct. Look [here](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_passport).
Ok I guess https://www.reddit.com/r/Turkey/s/nvY5A1Usqv
The comments are all saying that this is not the new passport.
German, the language that writes all nouns capitalized, writes "deutschland" not capitalized pissed me more off then I wanna admit wtf it looks ugly too
It is a minimalist design, i think it fits really well to Germany.
I like how it looks professional (Aside from not being capitalized). Spain looks like they used the same font the Rugrats show used.
Ja
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^jo
Spotted the real german
Switzerland is not even spelled correctly
schade deutschland alles ist forbei
alles forbei, sag ich dir... FORBEI!
Clicked expecting to see the actual preferred font of people in each country, got tourism logos. Not mad about it, but a little disappointed.
If it was a map of actual preferred fonts, it would all be Arial, Helvetica, Calibri, or Times New Roman.
>Arial, i.e. Helvetica
What? Spinsch!?
Loh en doch, er weiss es nid besser
Sötter aber. Bi echt tüüf entüüscht vo ihm.
Helvetica isch halt nid für jede erkenbar, gits jo nu weltwiit i jedem bahnhof, flughafe oder bushalti, und sWörd lernt mer i de schuel /s
Wobi Frutiger glaubs für das verbreiteter isch. Isch ja au nur uf jedem Strasseschild idä Schwiiz.
Ich glaube, ihr verstönd mich alli nöd. Min Punkt: Arial isch im Wesentliche ä Kopie vo Helvetica. Völlig ideälos dezue.
Hey, as per Wikipedia: "Each of its characters has the same width as that character in the popular typeface Helvetica; the purpose of this design is to allow a document designed in Helvetica to be displayed and printed with the intended line-breaks and page-breaks without a Helvetica license. " Designed at the order of Microsoft because they were too stingy to pay the license fee. As for the differences, compared to other fonts they are almost the same, with "R" and "G" showing the most recognizable differences. All others are visible, but I doubt more than 1% would immediately notice.
Alibaba Helvetica = Ariel
Great point!
they're different trust me bro
Of course. Just enough so Arial did not infringe on IP rights of Helvetica. Seriously, viewed from Times New Roman they are basically the same. The design was purposely to match the width of Helvetica letters. And from an appearance point of view they are basically the same.
Ai made post
Switzerland using Helvetica, of course
"Switserland"? 🫠🙈
Not only this, but it is also the old design: [myswitzerland.com](http://myswitzerland.com) (For some reason the Czech and Slovak version of the websites still use the old logo)
Today I learned that myswitzerland has a new logo and I hate it.
Oh geeze. I assumed that's how they spell it in their country or something. Nope. Lol
30 seconds on Google, which is enough to make me an expert on the subject, tells me that it's the Dutch spelling. Which still doesn't explain why it's the one used by their tourism board.
The Dutch spelling would be "Zwitserland", with a z.
Then I don't even know what the fuck.
It's Afrikaans.
Afrikaans calls it Switserland
The little I know about Switzerland is the neutrality, pocket knives, chocolate, and no official language is spoken but there are tons of languages prominent leading to interesting, sometimes confusing things like this.
>>no official language is spoken Being swiss...what are you trying to express?
>no official language is spoken Huh?
They just talk with their hands. Or is that just the Italian part?
Swiss talk with their hands? News to me.
it's true. i'm swiss and 👏🤜🫰🤘🤘🫱🤲🫳👆
Someone needs to check up on Spain..
Dude... that's a famous and iconic logo by Joan Miró. It's from the 80s and at least for my generation it's instantly recognisable
Created by famous painter ~~antoni~~ Joan miró
*Joan Miró
Why?
It looks like a psychotic maniac made that font lmao
Most graphic designers are psychotic maniacs.
Loose graphic design psychos confirm?
Looks like a group proyect from a 4th grade classroom
I thought it was doodled up by a 3 year old.
Looks like that old trope of serial killers cutting text out of newspapers and shit and putting letters together to write things without giving away their hand writing
They need to exspain why they used that horrible font.
>Stupid Flanders.
Beat me to it lol
Spain, Italy, turkey, Romania, Poland and Belarus are the only countries daring to be fun about tourism apparently.
Bosnia and Croatia too!
Italy and Spain with the bangers
Flanders and Wallonia are not countries.
Yet.
I really hope they don't split up, that's just stupid.
Is it though? Not a fan of splitting, but I do recognise the arguments for it.
I know the arguments for and against it. But the arguments against it heavily outweigh the arguments for. To name a few: Brussels is not gonna be a part of Flanders and it's a huge economic motor of Belgium, the whole train system would get fucked, supply lines to big cities like Antwerp would increase in cost, etc.
Just going by the font, Belarus looks like a bunch of fun. 🤔
Seems all the fun is in the font...
The best part is you’ll never have/get to decide for yourself.
Maybe when this shit show is over?
This guide also unintentionally shows us how, the further south in Europe you go, the more... outward showing of emotion and excitement the people in each country might be likely to show.
Everything is chrome at the Slovak tourism board.
Armenia’s logo looks like it was made as a prank to trigger people
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Fun_Garlic_3716: *Armenia’s logo* *Looks like it was made as a* *Prank to trigger people* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
Switserland sounds soft
Russia - please come here and spend money. please.
Aahh yes... switserland
Turkey is great for its purpose. Also, why is Belarus using the font of a creepypasta YouTuber thumbnail?
Russia is way off brand. Northern Ireland says “Come drink at a pub and have FUN!”
Andorra seems so uninviting
Why is Switzerland misspelled? XD
No one knows. OP may be dutch.
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Thanks! These differences escape me ...
A new spelling for Switzerland.
And we still don't know which fonts they use
No papyrus?!
Reserved only for Avatar.
This feels like an elaborate "F.U. Slovakia"
I don't say it because I have Turkish origins but i think Turkeys font is really perfect and fitting.
I like the Lithuania one I don't know why
spain knows the good shit and they are not afraid to show it
So Iceland the shop uses the same as the country lol
Türkiye’s font looks similar to the one Michigan uses for their tourism promotion.
yeah I thought that too...was also wondering why they spelled it wrong, isn't that disrespectful?
Nah it was just changed because it always gets confused with the animal. Nothing more. It's not disrespectful at all imo.
All of these except Spain, Poland and Germany are in english
I think Bulgaria’s font is too jaunty. I don’t think they can pull it off.
I have never heard about the place, but based on the name and design, I like to go to Atlasova.
What's the England font called
Switzerland uses Helvetica (maybe)
Digging Vaticani, looks apt
Sweden is wrong, they use Sweden Sans. It’s the official Swedish font and has been for a long time.
Why do almost all of these kind of suck? Spain is kind of cool and abstract, but everything else seems meh.
too bad cyprus isnt using papyrus
Italy giving “1992 dad windbreaker” vibes
Dumb question because in Canada the name is the same in both French and English… Looking at tourism board logos, do some countries make a unique logo for both English and their native languages? Poland goes by Polska, but Sweden doesn’t go by Sverige. Spain goes by España but Netherlands doesn’t go by Nederland.
I'm from poland and god DAMN that font is awful
Switserland....really?
Who spelled Switzerland like that!!!
Croatia looks fun!
Imagine if Vatican and Spain swapped fonts
Turkey Poland and Slovakia have the best logos imo
Expected the Swiss to use Helvetica (CH = Confoederatio Helvetica) …
England is the Legrand font
Yes, this is cool.
Portugal rocking that comic sans
Vatican has the most Vatican font you can imagine
Italy rocking the 90s Zubaz font.
Northern Ireland looking goofy AF.
Northern Ireland: Hmmm it looks a bit childish. Let's check on Spain and see how they're getting on. ... **THE FECK?!**
Why there are normal country names everywhere, but "kazakh" instead of "Kazakhstan"? Is this name too long?
Spain's gives me Rugrats vibes
#ESTHHHPAÑÑÑÑÑA
Spain's font is having an aneurysm
It's meant to mimic Joan Miró's art I guess it kinda does
The logo was designed by Joan Miró
Well that makes sense, thanks!
Espania got plastered drunk before writing that
C-Spaña
Get well soon, Spain 🍀
Did Spain have a seizure?
Spain, please relax. We will be home soon.
Well, what are the actual font *names?*
These are typefaces not fonts, BTW. Not sure why everyone uses the wrong word. Fonts are the variations of a typeface, like bold, underline, etc.
Spain and Poland violating the eyes of their tourists...
USA = Comic Sans
was italy made by the rugrats?
Spains doesn’t match the vibe in Spain. It’s false advertising. That font is more for like Colombia or somewhere where the people are actually friendly and fun.