For the settlement in South Carolina, see Arial, South Carolina. For other uses, see Aerial (disambiguation), Ariel (disambiguation), and Ariaal.
Arial
Category
Sans-serif
Classification
Neo-grotesque
Designer(s)
Robin Nicholas
Patricia Saunders[1]
Foundry
Monotype Corporation
Date released
1982[1]
License
Proprietary
Design based on
Monotype Grotesque
Helvetica
Venus
Variations
Arial Unicode MS
Metrically compatible with
Arimo
Liberation Sans
Helvetica
Arial (also called Arial MT) is a sans-serif typeface and set of computer fonts in the neo-grotesque style. Fonts from the Arial family are included with all versions of Microsoft Windows after Windows 3.1, as well as in other Microsoft programs,[2] Apple's macOS,[3] and many PostScript 3 printers.[4]
The typeface was designed in 1982 by Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders, for Monotype Typography.[5]
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. Because of their similar appearance, both Arial and Helvetica are commonly mistaken for each other.
The most widely used and bundled Arial fonts are Arial Regular, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic; the same styles of Arial Narrow; and Arial Black. More recently, Arial Rounded has also been widely bundled.
In Office 2007, Arial was replaced by Calibri as the default typeface in PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
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