URW’s digitization of Helvetica. Started in 1977. [Karow]
A version made for the inclusion in Nimbus, URW’s font rasterizer
software [Pool]
from 1988 [Rosenfeld]
was named Nimbus Sans. Developed in three optical
sizes distinguished by letters: T (Text), D (Display), P (Poster;
like D, but with tighter spacing).
A fourth version, Nimbus Sans L, was designed to
match the PostScript version of Helvetica that was
shipped with Apple’s LaserWriter II – the L stands for LaserWriter.
[Pool]
It was released under the GNU General Public License in 1996, and
donated to the Ghostscript.
Derivatives include TeX Gyre Heros (GUST, for use in
the TeX scientific document preparation software)
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URW’s digitization of Helvetica. Started in 1977. [Karow] A version made for the inclusion in Nimbus, URW’s font rasterizer software [Pool] from 1988 [Rosenfeld] was named Nimbus Sans. Developed in three optical sizes distinguished by letters: T (Text), D (Display), P (Poster; like D, but with tighter spacing).
A fourth version, Nimbus Sans L, was designed to match the PostScript version of Helvetica that was shipped with Apple’s LaserWriter II – the L stands for LaserWriter. [Pool] It was released under the GNU General Public License in 1996, and donated to the Ghostscript. Derivatives include TeX Gyre Heros (GUST, for use in the TeX scientific document preparation software) and FreeSans (2002). [Wikipedia]
