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(It was eventually replaced by Apple’s proprietary font, San Francisco , in 2017, but Helvetica Neue remains deeply embedded in millions of legacy apps and designs.)

In professional typography, the legibility of Helvetica Neue is often compared to serif fonts like . Research indicates that when x-height and layout are equalized, there is no significant difference in reading speed or error rates between the two. However, some critics argue that its closed "apertures" (the openings in letters like 'c' or 'e') can make characters harder to distinguish at very small sizes compared to more open alternatives like Arial. Contemporary Usage and System Integration helvetica neue